Description: Kenya AA 4 pounds green coffee beans, Sustainable, small-holder farms NOTE: These beans are un-roasted. They must be roasted before brewing. About the coffee:Cupping notes: Very sweet, bright acidity, with good body and mouth feel. Notes of cane sugar, grapefruit, peach, raspberry. Well-balanced cup.Cultivation: Grown in volcanic soil in the Kirinyaga region of Central Kenya on the slopes of Mt. Kenya.Tree type: SL-28, SL-34, Ruiru 11Altitude: 4,600-6,000 feetPreparation: Fully Washed, Kenya-style raised drying beds About the people who grow it:Kenya occupies a special place in the heart of gourmet coffee lovers the world over. Straddling the equator, the production areas benefit from high altitudes and rich volcanic soils, and are blessed with a coffee culture and system which promotes and rewards quality. Kenyan coffees are sought as both a single origin offering, as well as a quality-improving blend component. This lot of Kenya AA is sourced from the Kenyan open auction system, which is part of the Nairobi Coffee Exchange. The quality of coffee and transparency in access has allowed for strong prices relative to other origins. Most coffee is grown in the hills surrounding Mount Kenya, where the rich soil helps produce high quality coffee. Farmer plots are exceptionally small and are generally classified by number of trees in production rather than the physical area of the farm. This allows farmers to exercise significant control over the coffee picked and delivered to the local wet mill. These mills have an abundance of water, which allows for the high-end washing methods that showcase the hallmark Kenyan profile. The strong social structure built around these mills (or “factories”) provides for vibrant rural coffee communities where generations of farmers uphold traditional values and practices. At the mills coffee is sorted, de-pulped and fermented. All Kenyan coffees are dried on raised drying tables for about two weeks. Coffees are then rested in conditioning beds for several weeks, where the moisture content stabilizes, enabling a sturdier bean structure that holds on to its sugar content during storage and shipping. About me:Since 2004 I have been a home coffee-roasting enthusiast, always in search of high-quality, socially-responsible, and environmentally-sustainable green coffee beans. I discovered the best way to do this is nurture relationships with importers who care as much about ethical coffee as I do and to rely on their on-the-ground knowledge of coffee farms around the world. So in 2008, I started buying green coffee in quantity and reselling to home coffee roasters like myself. This little side business has brought me great satisfaction, as I now have ready access to an outstanding variety of coffee myself, and I have helped many other home roasters (even a few micro-roasting businesses) get great coffee for great prices. My guiding principles:All my coffee is grown by farms that pay fair wages, use sustainable agricultural practices, and improve their community. I've traveled to coffee-producing regions, and seen how people live. Growing coffee can and should improve people's lives and respect God's creation. Through my importer, I have direct knowledge of where the coffee comes from, and how that farm operates. I share that information with you here.Buy it fresh, sell it fresh. I buy only from the current crop year, and move it from warehouse to my house to your house as fast as possible.Keep prices low. I'm not in it for the money. I have a full-time job, and this isn't it.Provide prompt and personal customer service. I'll try to answer any questions, and give advice to start-up roasters if you want it.Returns:If you don't get the coffee you ordered, or you found it defective or damaged during shipping, I will gladly offer you a full refund or replacement within 14 days, provided you return the entire defective order. However, since coffee quality is a matter of personal taste, and a great coffee can easily be spoiled by mistakes in roasting, please don't ask for a refund if you just don't like the flavor of the coffee after you roasted it. But rest assured! I don't sell any coffee beans that I haven't roasted myself, brewed, consumed, and greatly enjoyed.
Price: 35.45 USD
Location: Harrisonburg, Virginia
End Time: 2024-10-12T16:29:51.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Expiration Date: 1 year from date of purchase
Brand: Unbranded
Food Aisle: Pantry
Roast: Unroasted
Product Name: Current crop green unroasted coffee beans
Product: Coffee Bean
Country/Region of Manufacture: Kenya
Item Weight: 4 lb
