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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Gerald Njagi; Kambarare - Kenya; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Gerald Njagi; Kambarare - Kenya; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Gerald Njagi; Kambarare - Kenya; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Gerald Njagi; Kambarare - Kenya; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇰🇪Kenya

2026 Gerald Njagi; Kambarare - Kenya

Roasted by Sey CoffeeRoaster's website
Washed
TagsKenyaKirinyagaWashedGrapefruitArabicaSingle originKambarareGerald NjagiSey CoffeeIndependent
🇰🇪KenyaWashed
Brand
SEY Coffee
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇰🇪Kenya
Region
Kirinyaga
Town
—
Farm / Station
Kambarare
Farmer / Producer
Gerald Njagi
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
—
Variety
SL* (believed SL34; unconfirmed)
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
hibiscus, grapefruit, currants
Fermentation
36-hour dry fermentation
Drying
Raised beds to approximately 10.5% moisture
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
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The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

Every link we could verify, traced in one place. Follow the chain as far as it goes — when the industry doesn't disclose a link, we say so instead of guessing.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    2026 Gerald Njagi; Kambarare - Kenya
  2. 02
    The brand
    SEY Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Sey Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    SL* (believed SL34; unconfirmed)
  5. 05
    The farm
    Kambarare
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Gerald Njagi
  7. 07
    The region
    Kirinyaga
  8. 08
    The country
    🇰🇪Kenya
From the producer

Gerald Njagi is a third-generation coffee producer who established his farm, Kambarare, in 2011. He manages the estate and oversees all post-harvest processing, continuing his family's legacy of quality production.

From the roaster

The roaster describes this as a main separation from Gerald Njagi's plot for the Retro 1984 project.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This Kambarare lot is an SL* separation within Retro 1984, a project by Peter Mbature, Tim Hill, and SEY exploring Kenyan SL-variety separations. SEY believes this lot may be entirely SL34 but explicitly leaves the identity open pending further genetic clarity.

Coffee profile

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

This coffee is in our database because we can reliably document it — but we haven't tasted and scored it yet, and we never publish a score we haven't earned.

Outside reviews and internet discussion — is kept clearly separate from our own review. When we taste it, our full review appears here.

The internet pulse

What the internet is saying about this coffee

Research complete — no qualifying reviews yet

Our research pipeline scanned public reviews, videos, forums and discussions for this coffee (last pass 2026-10-30) and found no independent review of this exact release that meets our verification standards. When qualifying sources appear, they'll be published here.

What we found

Only independent tasting or rating sources that unambiguously identify this exact 2026 SEY Kambarare main SL* lot qualify. Catalog aggregators, roaster-level reputation, other Kambarare roasts, and SEY's separate Special Preparation lot were excluded.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Kambarare →Meet the farmer: Gerald Njagi →
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