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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Kenya Faith Estate 7oz, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Kenya Faith Estate 7oz; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Kenya Faith Estate 7oz; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Kenya Faith Estate 7oz; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇰🇪Kenya · Kirinyaga

Kenya Faith Estate 7oz

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsKenyaKirinyagaWashedPassion FruitGrapefruitOrangeArabicaSingle originFaith EstateCecilia Wanjiku HanielIntelligentsia CoffeeOwned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)Variety undisclosed
🇰🇪KenyaWashed
Brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Who owns the brand
A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇰🇪Kenya
Region
Kirinyaga
Town
—
Farm / Station
Faith Estate
Farmer / Producer
Cecilia Wanjiku Haniel
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
—
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
Passion fruit, Red grapefruit, Orange
Fermentation
Dry fermentation
Drying
Raised bed
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • formal site gradeThe release is identified as Kenya AB, but the site’s grade enum cannot encode AB; the exact classification is preserved in prose.
  • varietyThe exact Intelligentsia release does not name cultivars; farm-level SL28 and Ruiru 11 are not projected onto this lot.
  • member-estate contributionsFaith Estate serves 30 neighboring estates, but the exact lot does not identify which estates contributed.
  • fermentation detailDry fermentation is confirmed, but duration, vessel, temperature and water sequence are not published.
  • conventional roast levelIntelligentsia’s proprietary Bright scale is not mapped to a conventional light, medium or dark label.
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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
    Kenya Faith Estate 7oz
  2. 02
    The brand
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Not disclosed
  5. 05
    The farm
    Faith Estate
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Cecilia Wanjiku Haniel
  7. 07
    The region
    Kirinyaga
  8. 08
    The country
    🇰🇪Kenya
From the producer

Cecilia Wanjiku Haniel manages Faith Estate, established more than 50 years ago, and leads a network connecting 30 neighboring small estates that share cultivation, processing and market practices.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia classifies this 7 oz release as a Bright roast and a Special Selection, emphasizing a vibrant tropical-fruit and citrus profile.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

Faith Estate is both Cecilia Wanjiku Haniel’s farm and the centralized processing hub for 30 neighboring estates, allowing selective picking and shared quality-control protocols.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Archived release structured

Recorded the exact Intelligentsia 7 oz release at $26 and 198 g, retaining its sold-out status.

02
Package versions separated

Documented a distinct 10 oz / $30 café package referenced by The Kitchn without merging its price or size into this 7 oz record.

03
Independent signal preserved

Kept one exact-coffee qualitative The Kitchn source for cup observations; no numeric public rating was manufactured.

04
Traceability boundaries kept

Preserved Cecilia Wanjiku Haniel’s estate and the 30-estate processing network as distinct provenance layers; no unnamed member estate or cultivar was assigned to the lot.

What was added?

Structured 7 oz commerce fields, refreshed sold-out verification, and explicit package-version provenance.

What wasn't added?

No exact cultivar, individual member-estate contribution, detailed fermentation protocol, conventional roast label, owner tasting data, or numeric public sentiment score.

Why it matters

The archived roaster page and a later café package use different sizes and prices. Separating those releases prevents an otherwise plausible but unsupported commerce merge.

What you might taste

Intelligentsia lists passion fruit, red grapefruit and orange; The Kitchn independently described bright citrus, grapefruit, passion fruit and a crisp, clean finish.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/kenya-faith-estate
  • · https://www.thekitchn.com/intelligentsia-presidents-day-sale-2026-23770116
  • · https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/intelligentsia-kenya-faith-estate
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

What the internet is saying
WE FOUND 1 RELEVANT PUBLIC SOURCES

AI-synthesized from publicly available information retrieved 2026-11-01. This is research, not our original tasting review.

What the sources say

One verified independent exact-coffee source provides positive qualitative observations; the evidence is insufficient for a numeric public sentiment rating.

What people love

Brightness, grapefruit, passion fruit, crispness and a clean finish.

What people don't

No criticism was published in the verified exact-coffee source.

Flavors people keep mentioning
brightcitrusygrapefruitpassion fruitcrispclean finish
Internet sentiment

A qualitative summary of public sources, including context. Not a coffee score.

Limited positive qualitative evidence
The sources
  • Coffee publication
    The Kitchn — Katie Maguire
    The Kitchn recommended the exact Kenya Faith Estate release, describing vibrant citrus, grapefruit and passion fruit with a crisp, clean finish. The article provides no numeric rating, so it is retained as qualitative sentiment only.
    Source
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