Kenya Nyeri Kamoini AB

Kamoini is one of several coffees we picked up from Othaya Farmer's Cooperative Society (FCS). Othaya got its start back in the 1950s and currently have 18 coffee factories (wet mills) under their umbrella. Kamoini Factory sits at 1825 meters above sea level, right along the Ichamama River, which is fed from the Karima forest above. "Factories" are essentially small washing stations aligned with a particular "society" in Kenya, what we would call a "cooperative". Farmers typically hand sort the coffee cherry before submitting it for processing, removing coffee that's either not ripe, or too ripe, and can cause a defect in the cup. Small things like this make a huge difference in the resulting coffee. Check out our processing video taken during our 2024 travel that illustrates some of the unique ways in which Kenyan coffee is processed. This is an "AB" separation, which denotes the size of the beans. All coffee in Kenya is sorted by size using large industrial screening machines. There's a grading name attached to each size range, like "AA" for the largest beans, or in this case, "AB", which means that the beans fall between 15/64" and 17/64". Honestly, this doesn't always equate to a quality difference in the cup, but it does affect the price. (AA's typically command the highest prices).