Crankhouse are kicking off the Kenyan coffee season with these sweet beans that offer tasting notes of tangy kiwi, vanilla and almond. This balanced palate has a long, smooth finish that we think works perfectly with Chemex brewers.

Gichathaini Factory is one of the three washing stations of Gikanda Farmers Cooperative Society in the Nyeri region of Kenya. These stations buy coffee from the 770 smallholder producers who are members of Gikanda and give them an advance payment at delivery. They then process and sell their coffee at market- offering around 85% of the sale price back to the farmer.

Processing at Gichathaini follows the standard Kenyan procedure of sorting, pulping, fermenting, washing, soaking and drying. Gichataini is intensely focused on conservation during this water intensive process, with water sourced from the nearby Ragati River re-circulated to prevent over-extraction.