Kapyoma Washing Station / Kamogo Project
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The story
Cahoots Coffee established the Mount Elgon project in 2024. Benjamin Jenkin coordinates the project and emphasizes the roles of farmers, cherry pickers and station workers; Pranoy Thipaiah contributed the culture-washed method used for the documented experimental lot.
Challenges
The inaugural project faced record-high cherry prices, variable incoming cherry quality, limited drying space and unpredictable mountain weather, requiring coffee to be moved among drying sites while maintaining quality control.
Innovations
A native-microbe starter is cultivated from submerged cherries, then the liquid culture is added to freshly depulped coffee to accelerate fermentation before washing, grading and solar drying.
Research sources & verification
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Research last reviewed: 2026-10-01