NOMAD - Karimikui {Filter} | Kenya - Washed - SL28, SL34, Ruiru11, Batian

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One of the fullest-bodied and most intense coffees we’ve ever featured on the menu at NOMAD. Its aroma reminds us of stone fruit, honey, and panela. It has an intense body, with bright acidity and a velvety mouthfeel. This lot of Kenyan “ Washed ” coffee has taken us back in time to the country’s golden age of quality.

The Karimikui factory is located in Ngariama, in the Gichugu District of the Kirinyaga Region, on the slopes of Mount Kenya. Founded in 1953, it is one of the oldest Washed stations in the area and belongs to the Rung'eto Farmers Cooperative Society (FCS), a cooperative that brings together more than 2,500 smallholder farmers.

The farmers who supply coffee cherries to Karimikui primarily grow the SL-28, SL-34, Batian, and Ruiru-11 varieties on small plots of less than one hectare, with an average of 300 to 500 trees per farmer. The fertile volcanic soils and the altitude—between 1,700 and 1,900 MASL —foster dense, sweet cherries with a distinctive cup profile.