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Kenya Kiangoi AA
Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society
Intelligentsia Coffee
Kiangoi Coffee Factory
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Kiangoi Coffee Factory
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The story
Kiangoi operates within Kirinyaga’s cooperative washing-station system and serves a large network of smallholder farmers. Sources differ on the exact contributor count; Intelligentsia states more than 1,000.
Challenges
Smallholder farmers in the region often manage very small plots of land, typically with around 100 trees each. They must navigate a competitive environment where they are free to choose between multiple local wet mills to deliver their cherries.
Innovations
The documented workflow includes meticulous cherry sorting and floating, depulping, fermentation, washing, two weeks of raised-bed drying, and careful milling to AA grade.
Published coffees linked to this farm
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Research last reviewed: 2026-10-04