📍New Coffee Release📍
Kenya Thageini Amber#8224
Carbonic Maceration
washed
Floral - Sweet - Peach - Apricot
Silky texture - Balanced - Delicate - Clean
The Thageini wet mill is one of four mills operated by the Aauthi Farmer's Coop-
erative Society. It is the second largest mill in terms of member producers, with
around 350 men and 100 women members, and the Aguthi Farmer s Co-operative
Society has around 200 members total. The Society provides training for their
members on techniques for farm management,picking, sorting and agronomic techniaues. They hold workshops for members to meet and learn from each other and provide specific.
Processing Details
* Hand sorting of only ripe red cherries at 20-22°Brix
* Whole cherries are placed inside sealed tanks filled with CO2 pushing oxygen out
* Controlled yeast activity, temperature and humidity of tanks
* Extended fermentation time for eight days at an ambient temperature to focus on orange and blossom flavours as well as caramel sweetness
* Cherries are removed from tank, pulped and thoroughly washed in channels
* Beans were then laid out thin to dry on raised beds and turned regularly to help delivery clarity, florals and high quality acidity
* Drying typically takes 14 days until moisture content is reduced to 10-12%
* Beans are stored in parchment until ready for export