Kenya Gitutu: Sample Coffee Roasters

Kenya
Gitutu

This coffee comes from the highly productive growing region of Nyeri. We taste burnt orange, blackberry, strawberry and port.

Body Acidity

Roasted omni for filter and espresso

Gitutu is one of four factories operated by the Aguthi Farmers Cooperative Society, and is located in a highly productive growing area that is bordered by Mt. Kenya in the west and the Abadare Ranges to the east. The F.C.S. has seven elected committee members to represent its 4,000 total membership. The committee and about 60 permanent factory staff oversee day-to-day operations with regards to receipt of cherry, payment, and processing. About 800 farmers from Aguthi F.C.S. deliver to this factory, and they own on average about 300 coffee trees each.

Gitutu factory has several seepage tanks to prevent contamination between used and clean water.

Sourcing and ingredients

100% SL-28, SL-34, and Ruiru 11 coffee beans, provided by Cafe Imports and roasted by us on Gadigal land / Sydney.

Country grade: Unknown ?

Packaging

Bag: ABA Certified home compostable
Label: Recyclable
Valve (on bags larger than 250g): General waste
Coffee ordered online is shipped in a recyclable cardboard box

Brewing this coffee

We recommend brewing this coffee 15–49 days post-roast. If pre-ground, brew as soon as possible. Our advice on storing coffee.

1:3
dose:yield
ratio

To brew on espresso, we recommend using 20g of beans (dose) to get 60g of espresso out (yield), during 24-28 seconds.

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View the how to brew espresso (single origin) guide.

1:16.7
beans:water
ratio

To brew in infusion/fed brewers (V60, Chemex) use a ratio of 1:16.7 ratio of beans:water.

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g water

View full recipes and videos in our brewguides

1:14.3
beans:water
ratio

To brew in immersion brewers (plunger, AeroPress, Kalita, batch brewer) we recommend using a 1:14.3 ratio of beans:water

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g water

View full recipes and videos in our brewguides

1:12
beans:water
ratio

To brew as cold brew we recommend using a 1:12 ratio of beans:water

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g water

View full recipes and videos in our brewguides

Producer: 800 Smallholders
Country: Kenya
Region: Tetu, Nyeri
Altitude: 1400-1600m above sea level
Varietals: SL-28, SL-34, and Ruiru 11
Process: Washed
Body
Acidity
Tasting notes: Burnt orange, blackberry, strawberry and port
Roast style: Omni

Varietals

Ruiru 11 varietal

Released in 1985, Ruiru 11 is a disease resistant varietal developed in Kenya

The location

Coffee from Kenya

Alongside Ethiopia and Colombia, Kenya is one of the origins we get most excited about at the roastery. It exports some of the most vibrant, bright, and unique coffees in the world.

The Nyeri region of Kenya

Central region home to Mount Kenya, an extinct volcano that produces rich, red soil. Most commonly smallholder cooperatives. Coffee trees in this region produce two crops (the main harvest producing the higher quality lots)

Farm processes

Washed process

Machines are used to remove the flesh from the coffee cherry before being fermented in water, washed again, and finally sun dried. This process tends to result in more distinct, cleaner flavours.