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Kenya Muhathi AA 7oz — supplied coffee image 1
Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Kenya Muhathi AA 7oz; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Kenya Muhathi AA 7oz; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Kenya Muhathi AA 7oz; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇰🇪Kenya · Kiambu County

Kenya Muhathi AA 7oz

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsKenyaKiambu CountySL28SL34BatianRuiru also named by Intelligentsia’s 2024 release storyWashedOrangePassion FruitArabicaSingle originAAMuhathi EstatePeris Wambui Karugondo
🇰🇪KenyaWashed
Brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Who owns the brand
A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇰🇪Kenya
Region
Kiambu County
Town
Ngewa-Komothai
Farm / Station
Muhathi Estate
Farmer / Producer
Peris Wambui Karugondo
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
AA
Variety
SL28, SL34, Batian; Ruiru also named by Intelligentsia’s 2024 release story
Process
Roast
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Tasting notes
Nectarine, Orange, Passion Fruit
Fermentation
Ripe cherry is selectively picked and depulped. The merchant’s process summary reports roughly 24–36 hours of dry fermentation followed by a 48-hour underwater soak; the detailed account says the fermentation is monitored from overnight until ready.
Drying
Dried on raised beds for approximately 1–3 weeks, turned regularly and covered during the hottest part of the day and overnight, to about 11–12% moisture.
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
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Why some details are blank
  • harvest yearThe exact Intelligentsia listing does not publish a crop or harvest year.
  • roast levelIntelligentsia labels the profile Bright; its proprietary scale was not converted into a conventional light, medium, or dark value.
  • farm sizeIntelligentsia’s December 2024 release story states eight hectares, while the current direct merchant AA profile describes Peris’s Muhathi parcel as five hectares.
  • variety idThe current merchant profile names SL28, SL34, and Batian, while Intelligentsia’s 2024 release story also names Ruiru; proportions and exact release composition are unpublished, so no single variety relationship was assigned.
  • fermentation durationThe merchant summary states 24–36 hours while its detailed narrative states overnight to about 24 hours; both are retained rather than collapsed into false precision.
  • drying durationDocumented raised-bed time varies from one to three weeks with weather and volume.
  • public sentiment ratingNo qualifying independent exact-release rating 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 Muhathi AA 7oz
  2. 02
    The brand
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    SL28, SL34, Batian; Ruiru also named by Intelligentsia’s 2024 release story
  5. 05
    The farm
    Muhathi Estate
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Peris Wambui Karugondo
  7. 07
    The region
    Kiambu County
  8. 08
    The country
    🇰🇪Kenya
From the producer

Peris owns and manages Muhathi Estate with help from her son Sam. She oversees agriculture and the family’s shared wet-mill processing, preserving separate lots for the independently managed sibling parcels.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia is a specialty coffee roaster focused on direct trade and sourcing exceptional, in-season beans from around the world.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A fully traceable Kenyan estate lot kept separate through a family-owned wet mill. Peris’s return after 22 years working as a nurse in the United Kingdom and her hands-on oversight distinguish Muhathi from anonymous cooperative blends.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Release facts

Verified AA naming, $25 price, 7 oz format, current sold-out status, and Intelligentsia’s proprietary Bright label.

02
Origin and process

Reconfirmed Muhathi Estate, Peris and Sam, Kiambu, 1,720 m, washed processing, fermentation/soak nuance, and raised-bed drying.

03
Contradiction control

Documented the source conflict over farm size and whether Ruiru belongs in the planted variety set instead of forcing a single answer.

What was added?

Structured AA grade, $25 USD price, current availability date, refreshed editorial sections, and explicit provenance limits.

What wasn't added?

Harvest year, conventional roast level, forced variety relationship, owner tasting content, or public sentiment score.

Why it matters

The profile now distinguishes exact release facts from farm-level background that changes or conflicts across sources.

What you might taste

Nectarine, orange, and passion fruit, as published by Intelligentsia.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/kenya-muhathi-aa
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/blogs/stories/kenya-muhathi-aa
  • · https://melbournecoffeemerchants.com.au/coffee/muhathi-aa/
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 2026-10-29) 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

Search results were limited to the roaster, merchant/origin documentation, menus/directories, and roaster-level aggregations. None provides an independent exact-release tasting rating with a transparent review method, so no public sentiment score was calculated.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Muhathi Estate →Meet the farmer: Peris Wambui Karugondo →
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