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KENYA Giakanja AB

General Information

Origin: Kenya
County: Nyeri
Cooperative: Giakanja FCS
Washing Station: Giakanja
Farmers: 1467 active members

Cultivar: SL28 - SL34
Altitude: 1705 - 1800 masl

Process: Fully washed with double fermentation
Harvest: November 2020 - January 2021
Cherry Price | FOB Price: No info |  8.73 USD/Kg
Screen | Moisture | Density: 15-16 | 10.1% | 0.695 g/ml
Packaging: 30 Kg + GrainPro
Score: 87.5
Notes: 
Orange, raspberry, molasses, juicy
Ikawa profile: KSC basic profile 50g #2

TRACEABILITY

Giakanja is a washing station or factory (as they are commonly called in Kenya), located near the town of Nyeri, probably the most famous coffee growing county in Kenya. The coffee farms located in this county lies in between the Southern slopes of the beautiful Mt Kenya and the foothills of Aberdare ridge.

Giakanja sits at 1800 masl with an annual average rainfall of more than 953 mm. The rain falls in a bimodal pattern with two distinct wet seasons, thus it enjoys two blooms and two harvests per year. The soils of the region are red volcanic soils which are deep, rich in organic matter. 

The Giakanja factory part of the Giakanja FCS was established in 1968, only five years after independence. The coop has 1,467 active members who grows coffee over an area of 194 hectares. The annual average production of green coffee for the Giankanja FCS is 124,680 kgs.  For two consecutive years, 2017 and 2018, Giakanja FCS was able to boast the best premiums paid to members in all of Nyeri county.

The cherries, after being harvested and delivered to the factory, undergoes a fully washed or wet processing method with double fermentation. The water is pumped to reservoir tanks and then used for pulping and recirculation. After pulping, the coffee is dry fermented overnight, before it's washed in grading channels, then soaked for 24-48 hours in clean water and finally spread out on raised beds for sorting and sun drying.

HISTORY

Despite its proximity to Ethiopia, coffee was not cultivated in Kenya until 1893, when the "Fathers of the Holy Ghost" (French catholic missionaries), introduced coffee trees from Reunion Island and planted them near Mombasa.

** Interesting Fact: The Bourbon variety was first cultivated on a small island that today is known as "Reunion Island". It is located in Africa, in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. It is considered a region of France and until 1789 its name was "Bourbon Island", in honor of the royal house of the Bourbons. **

In 1896, the first plantations were introduced in Kiambu - Kikuyu district, a very fertile area, which in 1912 already saw large plantations of several acres of expansion; there were mainly cultivated Bourbon and Mokka varieties.

While credit for the introduction of coffee in Kenya corresponds to Catholic missionaries, were the English settlers, who accelerated the importance of coffee in the Kenyan economy. Large-scale production of coffee and other crops, were heavily increased to export them into Europe, in order to pay the exorbitant debts generated by the construction of the railway connecting Uganda with the port of Mombasa in 1901.

After Kenyan independence from the British Empire in 1963, the long experience and extensive knowledge about coffee production was very well adopted by small local farmers, resulting in the high quality standards with which today Kenyan coffee is known in the world.

VARIETIES

There are two particular varieties that attract most of the interest from specialty coffee buyers in Kenya, these are: SL 28 and SL 34.

The Scott Laboratories were hired to develop new cultivars between 1934 and 1963. The development of cultivars SL, was based on the Mokka and Bourbon varieties, which were introduced into Kenya by Scottish and French missionaries, from Yemen and Reunion Island respectively.

Today, these two varieties are responsible for most of the top quality coffees produced in Kenya, but they are susceptible to coffee leaf rust and other diseases.

Kenya has done a huge job, trying to find disease resistant varieties. The "Ruiru 11" was the first variety to be considered a success by the "Kenyan Coffee Board". Unfortunately, it has not been well received by importers and the specialty coffee industry in general.

By the end of 2010, a new variety called "Batian" rust resistant, and which some say has a better cup than "Ruiru 11", was introduced.  We will still have to wait a few more years to know its full potential in the cup and productivity.

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  • What We Do
  • Que Hacemos
  • Origins
    • Ethiopia >
      • Ethiopia Chami Chago Natural
      • Ethiopia Duromina
      • Ethiopia Gure Dako
      • Ethiopia Biftu Gudina
      • Ethiopia Hunda Oli
    • Kenya >
      • Kenya Karatina AB
      • Kenya Kaguyu AB
      • Kenya Giakanja AB
      • Kenya Mburi AA
      • Kenya Kiangombe AA
      • Kenya Kamuchege AA
      • Kenya Kagumoini AA
      • Kenya Kiandu AA
    • Rwanda >
      • Rwanda Vunga Lot 3A
      • Rwanda Kilimbi Natural
      • Rwanda Rugali Natural
  • Orígenes
    • Etiopía >
      • Etiopía Chami Chago Natural
      • Etiopía Duromina
      • Etiopía Gure Dako
      • Etiopía Biftu Gudina
      • Etiopía Hunda Oli
    • Kenia >
      • Kenia Karatina AB
      • Kenia Kaguyu AB
      • Kenia Giakanja AB
      • Kenia Mburi AA
      • Kenia Kiangombe AA
      • Kenia Kamuchege AA
      • Kenia Kagumoini AA
      • Kenia Kiandu AA
    • Ruanda >
      • Ruanda Rugali Lot 2
      • Ruanda Vunga Lot 3A
      • Ruanda Kilimbi Honey
      • Ruanda Kilimbi Natural
      • Ruanda Rugali Natural
  • Education
  • Educación
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