This coffee comes to us courtesy of the Rutuma Cooperative Society, an organization comprised of seven factories located on the southern slopes of Mt. Kenya, in the Nyeri District:
Karie Factory
Kianjogu Factory
Ruthagati Factory
Ngandu Factory
Marua Factory
Ndurutu Factory
Githima Factory
This area sits at an average altitude of 1700-800 meters above sea level, has rich volcanic sandy soil, and is generally planted with the SL 28 and SL 34 varieties. As the flowering season happens from March through April, harvest follows from November through December throughout the region. Coffee is harvested fully ripe, depulped and fermented with fresh river water from the Kemeria streams, washed, and set to dry in the sun on raised beds. At this stage it is turned and sorted until at a stable moisture.
The average annual production from the Rutuma Cooperative Society is about 4500 tonnes of cherry per year.
For more information on Kenyan coffee, visit our Kenya origin page.
