Kenya Gatugi

COFFEE BIOGRAPHY

Gatugi is one of several coffees we picked up from Othaya Farmer's Cooperative Society (FCS), an FCS that includes an impressive amount of wet mills, 18 in all, dating back to the late 1950s. Gatugi Factory sits at just under 1900 meters above sea level, right along the Ichamama River, which is fed from the Karima forest above. "Factories" are essentially small washing stations aligned with a particular "society" in Kenya, what we would call a "cooperative" in Latin America. Being one of the older Kenya FCS, there is already a reputation of the quality coming out of Othaya. A lot of hand labor goes into the post-harvest processing. From farmers removing under ripe and over ripe coffee cherries on delivery, to coop workers sorting out defects at the drying beds, the impact all this work has on the cup can't be overstated. This is the AA outturn, which just means it's the largest bean separation from a particular coffee process batch.