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Kenya Gaturiri

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Tasting Notes: Blackberry Cobbler, Raspberry & Mandrin Orange

Gaturiri is a Kikuyu word for “the shrubs.” It is a known to be a place where people visit to collect herbs for medicine. Gaturiri serves about 1,500 small scale producers and produces approximately 600 tons of cherry. The Barichu Farmers Cooperative Society is located in the Mathira East Sub-County in Nyeri county. It is currently composed of four factories, Karatina, Karindundu, Gaturiri and Gatomboya. It was registered in October 1996 with the Cooperative Development and Coffee Board of Kenya.

Nowhere are coffees as thoroughly cleaned as they are in Kenya. The typical process looks something like this: after depulping, coffee beans are left to ferment. Then, after 24 hours they are washed and left to ferment again, without water, for another 12-24 hours. The parchment is then washed before being soaked in tanks for another period of roughly 12-18 hours. At this stage, the beans are moved to skin drying beds where they are laid out in thin layers to allow the mass of water weight to fall. This happens over the course of a morning. This entire process is sometime referred to as the 72 hour process. From there the coffee goes to raised drying beds for the next 8 to 12 days. By the end of this process, the coffee is as clean as a whistle. The work is already done. Not a drop of mucilage will be found on the pristinely white parchment, and no extra flavor is imparted to the beans except by what happened at the farm and in the fermentation tanks.


Origin: Kenya
Region: Nyeri
Variety: SL-28, Ruiri
Altitude: 1800 MASL
Processing: Fully washed

Kenya Gaturiri

Regular price $ 18.00
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Tasting Notes: Blackberry Cobbler, Raspberry & Mandrin Orange

Gaturiri is a Kikuyu word for “the shrubs.” It is a known to be a place where people visit to collect herbs for medicine. Gaturiri serves about 1,500 small scale producers and produces approximately 600 tons of cherry. The Barichu Farmers Cooperative Society is located in the Mathira East Sub-County in Nyeri county. It is currently composed of four factories, Karatina, Karindundu, Gaturiri and Gatomboya. It was registered in October 1996 with the Cooperative Development and Coffee Board of Kenya.

Nowhere are coffees as thoroughly cleaned as they are in Kenya. The typical process looks something like this: after depulping, coffee beans are left to ferment. Then, after 24 hours they are washed and left to ferment again, without water, for another 12-24 hours. The parchment is then washed before being soaked in tanks for another period of roughly 12-18 hours. At this stage, the beans are moved to skin drying beds where they are laid out in thin layers to allow the mass of water weight to fall. This happens over the course of a morning. This entire process is sometime referred to as the 72 hour process. From there the coffee goes to raised drying beds for the next 8 to 12 days. By the end of this process, the coffee is as clean as a whistle. The work is already done. Not a drop of mucilage will be found on the pristinely white parchment, and no extra flavor is imparted to the beans except by what happened at the farm and in the fermentation tanks.


Origin: Kenya
Region: Nyeri
Variety: SL-28, Ruiri
Altitude: 1800 MASL
Processing: Fully washed

Sourced & Roasted With Intention

We individually profile and roast each coffee to their specific sweet-spot

Sourcing & Selection

Vesta direct sources 90% of our coffees directly from farmers and coops at origin. And uses trusted export partners for the remaining coffees.

All coffees are selected based on taste profiles. We believe that origin, processing and terroir all play a part to make each coffee unique.

Maintaining Relationships

You will notice that many of our coffees are available for multiple years. We are proud (and thankful) to be able to work with many of the same farmers year-after-year. Many times purchasing the farmers entire harvest. Helping the producer have some economic stability, and helping us with a consistent product year after year.

Testimonials

Seth Hardy
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Easily, one of our favorite coffee roasters we have ever visited. Their beans are unparalleled to anything else we have ever tasted. Time and time again, their beans surpass some of our favorite roasters such as, Modern Times Coffee, Onyx, Mostra, Stumptown, Ritual, Brooklyn Roasting company, Intelligentsia and so many others.

B. Howard
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I now understand why I've become a bit of the Coffee Snob (that's the current title were using in my house). Every month I get wonderful new coffee to try. I have been thrilled by all of them. Best thing about being a member of the Coffee Club Subscription is I don't have to decide what to pick because they all sound so good.

Derek & Val
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All we can say is this place is great. The coffee is beyond excellent and prices are reasonable. Some of the best tasting coffee we have ever had!

Mark Gonzalez
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I've been a member of the recurring subscription now for about 6 months. Everything they have send has been straight fire! I had no idea coffees could all taste so different, Ive had fruity coffees, nutty coffees and luscious chocolatey stuff. big fan.