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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Kenya Gatagua, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Kenya Gatagua; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Kenya Gatagua; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Kenya Gatagua; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇰🇪Kenya · Murang'a

Kenya Gatagua

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website
PROCESS NOT FULLY DISCLOSED
TagsKenyaMurang'aMedium-Light roastGrapefruitArabicaSingle originGatagua FactoryIntelligentsia CoffeeOwned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
🇰🇪KenyaMedium-Light roast
Brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Who owns the brand
A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇰🇪Kenya
Region
Murang'a
Town
—
Farm / Station
Gatagua Factory
Farmer / Producer
Gatagua Farmers' Cooperative Society
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
—
Process
—
Roast
Medium-Light
Tasting notes
Persimmon, White Grapefruit, Nectarine
Fermentation
—
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • gradeThe exact Intelligentsia page does not publish a formal grade; Sucafina's AB offering is a separately identified separation.
  • variety idThe page discusses SL28 and SL34 as general Kenyan context but does not assign them to this exact release; a separate Gatagua AB listing is insufficient proof.
  • process idThe exact product page does not disclose this release's process; the fully washed Sucafina AB specification was not transferred.
  • altitude mThe exact product page does not disclose lot-specific elevation; the Sucafina AB range belongs to a separate offering.
  • harvestThe exact product page does not publish a harvest window or crop year.
  • fermentationNo exact-release fermentation protocol is disclosed; the separate AB offering's protocol was not transferred.
  • drying methodNo exact-release drying method is disclosed; the separate AB offering's raised-bed protocol was not transferred.
  • roast dateNo bag-specific roast date is available for the archived release.
  • public sentiment ratingNo qualifying independent exact-release tasting review with a transparent rating method was verified.
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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 Gatagua
  2. 02
    The brand
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Not disclosed
  5. 05
    The farm
    Gatagua Factory
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Gatagua Farmers' Cooperative Society
  7. 07
    The region
    Murang'a
  8. 08
    The country
    🇰🇪Kenya
From the producer

Members of Gatagua Farmers' Cooperative Society grew this lot, which Intelligentsia says was processed at the cooperative's factory in Murang'a.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia selected this as one of nine Kenyan lots from the season and lists a citrus-and-stone-fruit flavor profile.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

The exact release clearly distinguishes the grower cooperative from its processing factory. Station-level sources add useful Gatagua context, but their grade, cultivar, altitude and process are not treated as proof for this particular Intelligentsia lot.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Verified the exact roles

Confirmed Gatagua Farmers' Cooperative Society as the grower organization and Gatagua Factory as its Murang'a processing station.

02
Corrected structured commerce fields

Added the exact $21 USD price, confirmed 340 g package, and refreshed the sold-out status.

03
Completed release-level taste and roast fields

Recorded persimmon, white grapefruit, and nectarine as the roaster's specific notes preserved by the exact-release catalog, plus Beanwired's Medium-Light classification.

04
Protected separation boundaries

Did not transfer the AB grade, SL28/SL34 assignment, fully washed process, 1,700–1,800 m elevation, or post-harvest protocol from Sucafina’s separately identified Gatagua AB offering.

What was added?

Verified $21/340 g commerce data, Medium-Light roast classification, specific roaster notes, and refreshed availability.

What wasn't added?

No exact grade, cultivar, process, elevation, harvest, fermentation, drying, roast date, owner score, or public-sentiment score was inferred.

Why it matters

The profile now captures exact-release commerce and sensory information while keeping the producer cooperative distinct from its factory and from other Gatagua separations.

What you might taste

Persimmon, white grapefruit, and nectarine; Intelligentsia groups the profile as Citrus + Stone Fruit.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/kenya-gatagua
  • · https://beanwired.com/coffee/intelligentsia/kenya-gatagua
  • · https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/intelligentsia-kenya-gatagua
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 2026-10-28) 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

Beanwired and Cherrybook provide exact-release catalog evidence but no user tasting review. Cherrybook explicitly identifies its 63 as a sparse evidence-of-quality index rather than a cup score, and its Reddit sentiment is roaster-level rather than exact-coffee evidence.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Gatagua Factory →Meet the farmer: Gatagua Farmers' Cooperative Society →
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