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

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

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

Editorial illustration

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

Editorial illustration

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

Editorial illustration

🇰🇪Kenya · Nyeri

Kenya Gichathaini

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website
PROCESS NOT FULLY DISCLOSED
TagsKenyaNyeriMolassesArabicaSingle originGichathainiIntelligentsia CoffeeOwned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)

Not tasted. Not scored.

🇰🇪Kenya
Brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Who owns the brand
A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇰🇪Kenya
Region
Nyeri
Town
Mathira
Farm / Station
Gichathaini
Farmer / Producer
Gikanda Farmers Cooperative Society
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
—
Process
—
Roast
—
Tasting notes
chocolate, molasses
Fermentation
—
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • variety idIntelligentsia and the exact catalog omit this release’s cultivar; Sucafina’s separate station lot is not transferred.
  • process idThe exact Intelligentsia release and exact catalog do not publish processing; a separate station lot’s fully washed method remains context only.
  • altitude mNo exact-release altitude is published; Sucafina’s 1,600–1,900 m range belongs to a separate station offering.
  • harvestThe exact product page does not publish a crop year or harvest window.
  • fermentationThe exact release does not publish fermentation timing or conditions.
  • drying methodThe exact release omits drying; the separate Sucafina lot’s raised-bed method is not transferred.
  • roast levelThe exact roaster page does not state a conventional roast category.
  • gradeNo exact-release grade is published; a separate Sucafina lot’s AA grade is not transferred.
  • public sentimentThe only independent exact-name tasting found is from 2010 and does not represent this current release.
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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 Gichathaini
  2. 02
    The brand
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Not disclosed
  5. 05
    The farm
    Gichathaini
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Gikanda Farmers Cooperative Society
  7. 07
    The region
    Nyeri
  8. 08
    The country
    🇰🇪Kenya
From the producer

Gichathaini is a cooperative washing station in Nyeri operated within the Gikanda Farmers Cooperative Society. Contributor counts vary by crop year and source scope, so this profile does not force a single universal membership total.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia identifies Gichathaini and the Gikanda Farmers Cooperative Society as a recurring sourcing relationship dating to 2008.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This release connects a long-running Intelligentsia sourcing relationship with one of Nyeri’s best-known cooperative washing stations while keeping the exact crop’s undisclosed cultivar and processing details separate from station-level context.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Verified the current release

Confirmed the current Intelligentsia page’s Gichathaini, Gikanda FCS, Nyeri, $27, sold-out status, and Chocolate + Molasses profile.

02
Corrected the station location

Changed the town field from Karatina to Mathira, the subregion/town published for Gichathaini Factory by Sucafina.

03
Bounded station context

Kept Sucafina’s AA grade, Batian/SL28/SL34, 1,600–1,900 m, fully washed processing and raised-bed drying as station-level context rather than assigning them to this exact Intelligentsia release.

What was added?

Normalized the exact $27 USD / 340 g offer, refreshed sold-out status, and corrected the station location to Mathira.

What wasn't added?

No exact-release variety, process, altitude, harvest, fermentation, drying method, grade, roast level, house score, or public sentiment score was inferred.

Why it matters

The structured price and origin now match the strongest current and directly relevant sources without conflating a separate green-coffee lot with this roasted release.

What you might taste

Chocolate and molasses, the flavor profile on Intelligentsia’s current exact product page.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/kenya-gichathaini
  • · https://sucafina.com/apac/offerings/gichathaini-nyeri-aa
  • · https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/intelligentsia-kenya-gichathaini
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 2026-10-31) 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

A 2010 independent tasting of an Intelligentsia Kenya Gichathaini was found, but it is a different historical crop and was excluded from current-release sentiment. Cherrybook’s CBI is explicitly a sparse evidence-quality index, not a cup score; generic roaster sentiment and other roasters’ Gichathaini lots were also excluded.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Gichathaini →Meet the farmer: Gikanda Farmers Cooperative Society →
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