KENYA GATURIRI PEABERRY

processing: washed  variety: SL28, SL34  elevation: 1770m

location: Nyeri

tasting notes: blackberry, plum, stonefruit, dried currants, rose

 Gaturiri mill has been serving smallholder farmers in the Nyeri highlands since the mid-60s. Each member tends an average of 300 coffee shrubs, delivering cherry one designated day per week during the November-January main harvest. This lot is a single week's worth of peaberry separation, a small, sweet bonus from an already exceptional harvest.

Bright and a little wild, this peaberry pulls you in with tart dried raspberry and fun, candy-sweet top notes, then settles into blackberry, plum, stonefruit, and dried currants, with rose threading through the finish. It's a lively cup with a lot going on in the best way.