I decided to use the regional page to advise on inventories and have you hover over the top menu to choose a coffee to explore.
- So, the good news is there is a decent amount of the Baku left but, stock is dwindling. Once this bean run out, it is out of stock forever.
- The Force is strong with the Kenyan Kaganda. Good availability.
- The newly added Organic Ethiopian Guji Tara is a Natural Processed coffee and is available for your brewing pleasure right NOW! OH MY, is it guuuud! Do not just take my wird fur it, go git you sum fer yourself now.
General Notes on Kenyan Coffee
Washed Kenyan Coffee Beans
The coffee harvesting and processing in Kenya begins with careful monitoring of cherry ripeness, ensuring only fully red cherries are handpicked in the early morning and transported to the wet mill. In the afternoon, harvested cherries are spread out on a patio, where underripes, overripes, and foreign objects are sorted out before being funneled into the pulping station.
After pulping, the beans are fermented for the first time for 12 to 24 hours, then washed and sorted. They are then sent to soaking tanks to ferment for another 24 hours, which increases the proteins and amino acids in the coffee, translating to a more complex acidity in the cup profile.
Finally, the beans are carefully sun-dried on raised tables for two to three weeks under strict supervision, covered and turned when necessary, and monitored until they reach the ideal 10-12% moisture content before being bagged for transport to the dry mill.
Kenya Green Coffee Beans
Kenya and Ethiopia may share a border, but their coffee industries have followed vastly different paths since the beginning. While coffee is native to Ethiopia, it wasn’t introduced to Kenya until 1893, when French missionaries planted the first trees in the Taita Hills.
For over a century, Kenya’s coffee could only be traded through a government-run auction system—one of the world’s most transparent, designed to reward quality with higher prices. This system cemented Kenya’s reputation for consistently producing quality coffee. Since 2006, new legislation has allowed direct trade between farmers and international buyers.
Although Kenya’s coffee production declined in 2023/2024 due to disruptions from government reforms and the adoption of a new payment system, the outlook for this season is promising as operations stabilize and the industry adapts.
