Variety: Batian, SL-34, SL-28, Ruiru 11
Process: Double Washed
Fermentation: 16-24 hours
Second Wash Soaking: 16-18 hours
Drying: Raised Beds, 21 Days
Elevation: 1650 MASL​
Producer: Rungeto FCS, smallholder farmers around Karimikui Washing Station
Region: Kirinyaga
Origin: Kenya
Notes: Mango, Blackberry, Brown Sugar
 
The Karimikui factory is located at a high altitude where tea is more commonly grown, but the nutrient-dense soil makes the surrounding Rungeto FCS known for producing some of the highest performing lots in Kenya. The smallholder farms deliver ripe cherries to this station every year, where the factory team manually sorts them before production. Selected cherries are depulped, graded, and undergo dry fermentation in tanks. Then they are washed in clean channels, with a period of soaking (second wash) for further flavour development, and placed on raised beds to dry.
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We always love a cup of immaculately processed Kenyan coffee for its vibrant juiciness, yet balanced and justified by an intense sweetness. It is perfect to be enjoyed in all brewing methods.
 
This is the third season of Rungeto at Sought x Found, this year's harvest is expectedly deeply sweet, with the familiar tropical note of mango and purple fruit note of blackberry.