Kenya Nyeri AA Kangocho - Green Coffee Beans - 16oz Bag

Kangocho Factory is near Karatina town in the Nyeri district of central Kenya. The cooperative has delivered phenomenal coffees over the years. They use a system where pickers are graded as "A" or "B". The "A" pickers are those who have been proven to deliver well selected and sorted cherry and are paid more.  This is one of the reasons why they deliver great coffee. They get no under ripe or over ripe cherries during the processing of the daily batch. This system avoids hurried strip picking where pickers strip all the cherries off the branch, green, ripe and over ripe. The green cherries really bring down the quality of the coffee because they impart an astringent taste to the coffee. It was a very small crop this year, and the competition for the top lots was stiff. This was one of the highest priced coffees bought, but after cupping it we knew we had to get it. On the cupping table side by side with Geshas, this coffee is brilliant!

Cupping Notes:
In the dry fragrance there are potent and sweet fruit berry notes. The wet aroma has intense cherry notes and added dry cocoa on the break. Even in the warm cup you notice a syrupy and satiny body with a great sustained brightness.  There is a bit of black tea and cranberry tartness in the finish. As the cup cools you get a candied grape and apricot juice with pineapple in the finish. My favorite roast is the City + where the juicy stone fruit still had that lively tanginess. While not a fussy coffee to roast, there is definitely a sweet spot in the roast with Kangocho that needs to be hit.