Kenya
Thuti AB
Washed
Price range: R255.00 through R899.00
Mandarin, cranberry and papaya 🧡
- Origin:
Kenya
- Variety:
SL28, SL34, Batian & Ruiru 11
- Region:
Nyeri
- Producer:
Thuti Factory
- Altitude:
1800 masl
- Processing:
Washed
Coffee Origins
Known affectionately as Thuti Fruity by the team, Thuti AB is one of the most unique washed Kenyan coffees we have ever tasted.
Traditionally, washed Kenyan coffees are very purple in their flavour profiles – hibiscus, plum, juicy red fruits – but the Thuti AB is distinctly orange.
We’re finding papaya, nectarine and cranberry 🍑🧡. Located in the Othaya Constituency in Nyeri, the Tuthi Factory receives coffees from around 380 local coffee farmers.
Kenya’s coffee supply chain is dominated by a cooperative system of production, whose members vote on representation, marketing and milling contracts for their coffee, as well as profit allocation. Othaya Farmers Cooperative Society (FCS), the umbrella organization that includes Thuti Factory, is one of Kenya’s larger societies, with 19 different factories and more than 14,000 farmer members across the southern Nyeri region.
The Thuti factory is one of the smaller processing stations, with only 380 active members, and sits in the Thuti district at the foot of the Karima forest reserve, just northeast of Othaya Town. Thuti was founded in 1958, prior to Kenya’s independence from Great Britain Othaya Farmers Co-operative Farmer Field Schools in order to enhance and improve coffee production, Othaya Farmers’ Co-operative Society Limited has introduced Farmer Field Schools. This comprises of farmers of a particular region who come together and are taught about how to best tend to the coffee plants by trained facilitators. This is done at regular intervals and the sessions are held at a group member’s farm.
Recipe
April Plastic Brewer (you can use any flat bottom brewer)
Kalita 185 filter
93c water
20g coffee
300g water
3 equal pours
All pours half circular then centre – 50g/50g
Coffee at its best
Freshly roasted beans make great coffee. Our coffees are roasted every week, nitrogen flushed and vacuum sealed.
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FAQs
Single origins: Our roast style and green coffee preference suits both filter and espresso very well.
Each coffee with present different characteristics you may prefer through a specific brew method.
For example Dario loves washed Kenyan’s through the AeroPress, but they taste great as espresso and through the V60.
Blends: Designed with espresso in mind but Dreamer tastes great in the plunger. It’s all down to personal preference!
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