Tasting Notes
Cherry Cola, Raspberry, Tangelo, Blackcurrant, Blackberry
Origin
Kerugoya, Kirinyaga Region, Kenya
Elevation: 1610m
Process
Double Washed
Varietal
Batian, SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11
Producers
Various Smaller Land holder in the Kerugoya Area
Mwendi Wega is an estate and washing station located near the town of Kerugoya, in the Kibingo district of the Kirinyaga region in Kenya's Central Valley. The facility has an average annual production of about 11,000 kilos of coffee that it receives from its own farm and a collective group of nearby farming families. The area has red volcanic soil, supporting the production of SL-28, Ruiru 11, and Batian varieties. Farmers in the area are known to also plant corn and bananas among the coffee.
The washing station is co-op owned, established by a group of 42 farmers near Kerugoya who pooled their resources to establish a washing station. Their aim was to support one another and create a better way to handle and market their coffee. Stamp Act visited the operation in 2016, before the roaster itself launched in 2018.
The name is especially revealing; Mwendi Wega means “each other” in its account of the group's origins.
Kirinyaga, in Central Kenya, is home to Mt. Kenya. It is forested with a wealth of exotic wildlife receiving 50 inches of rain per year. Many rivers run through the region and the soil is rich and volcanic, providing smallholders and cooperatives with the resources to grow and process some of Kenya's most fruit-forward coffees.
Tasting Notes
Cherry Cola, Raspberry, Tangelo, Blackcurrant, Blackberry
Origin
Kerugoya, Kirinyaga Region, Kenya
Elevation: 1610m
Process
Double Washed
Varietal
Batian, SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11
Producers
Various Smaller Land holder in the Kerugoya Area
Mwendi Wega is an estate and washing station located near the town of Kerugoya, in the Kibingo district of the Kirinyaga region in Kenya's Central Valley. The facility has an average annual production of about 11,000 kilos of coffee that it receives from its own farm and a collective group of nearby farming families. The area has red volcanic soil, supporting the production of SL-28, Ruiru 11, and Batian varieties. Farmers in the area are known to also plant corn and bananas among the coffee.
The washing station is co-op owned, established by a group of 42 farmers near Kerugoya who pooled their resources to establish a washing station. Their aim was to support one another and create a better way to handle and market their coffee. Stamp Act visited the operation in 2016, before the roaster itself launched in 2018.
The name is especially revealing; Mwendi Wega means “each other” in its account of the group's origins.
Kirinyaga, in Central Kenya, is home to Mt. Kenya. It is forested with a wealth of exotic wildlife receiving 50 inches of rain per year. Many rivers run through the region and the soil is rich and volcanic, providing smallholders and cooperatives with the resources to grow and process some of Kenya's most fruit-forward coffees.
