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🇰🇪Kenya · Embu

Kamavindi - Kenya - Washed SL28 & SL34(AA)

Roasted by April Coffee RoastersRoaster's website

TRADITIONAL PROCESS

TagsKenya Embu SL28 SL34 Washed Blackberry Arabica Single origin Kamavindi Estate Peter Mbature April Coffee Roasters

🇰🇪KenyaWashed

Brand

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Roaster website

Visit website

Country

🇰🇪Kenya

Region

Embu

Town

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Farm / Station

Kamavindi Estate

Farmer / Producer

Peter Mbature

Species

Arabica

Type

Single origin

Grade

Not specified

Variety

SL28 and SL34

Process

Roast

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Tasting notes

Blackberries, Red apple, Florals

Fermentation

After flotation, skimming and two-disk pulping: 20 hours in parchment, a light wash, then a second 20-hour hold before final washing.

Drying

Raised beds for 14–18 days in a temperature-monitored drying room kept below 24°C.

Product page

Roaster's site

Date reviewed

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Why some details are blank

harvestApril’s current exact product and Kamavindi information pages do not identify a harvest date for this pure-SL28/SL34 AA release.
altitude mThe exact product page omits elevation; farm and older lot pages publish differing values, so no single number was transferred.
roast levelThe exact April listing does not publish a conventional roast-level label; third-party catalog classifications were not treated as primary evidence.
roast dateNo bag-specific roast date is published for the active listing.
variety percentagesSL28 and SL34 are named, but their proportions are not disclosed.
gradeAA is documented as the Kenyan screen grade, but the schema’s broader grade categories do not represent it without distortion.
brew recommendationLocated April recipes belong to older or different Kamavindi lots and were not transferred to this exact release.
sentiment ratingNo qualifying independent rating was found for this exact 2026 pure-SL28/SL34 AA 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.

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The name on the bag
Kamavindi - Kenya - Washed SL28 & SL34(AA)
Named on the bag
02
The brand
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
03
The roaster
April Coffee Roasters
Documented
04
The variety
SL28 and SL34
Named on the bag
05
The farm
Kamavindi Estate
Documented
06
The farmer
Peter Mbature
Documented
07
The region
Embu
Documented
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The country
🇰🇪Kenya
Documented

From the producer

Kamavindi Estate is a family-run coffee business in Embu, Kenya, established in 1958 by John Njiru and Ann Rwamba. The farm operates its own private washing station and has shifted its focus toward specialty micro-lots and direct relationships.

From the roaster

April Coffee Roasters is a Copenhagen-based roastery that focuses on interpreting the city's character through their roasting process. They prioritize direct partnerships and transparency, as evidenced by their collaborative efforts to help farmers isolate specific varietals.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A current washed AA selection of SL28 and SL34 from Peter Mbature’s Kamavindi Estate. April says buying the farm’s Ruiru 11 for its separate SP project enabled Peter to isolate these classic Kenyan varieties; the exact release pairs that sourcing model with a documented two-stage parchment rest and temperature-controlled raised-bed drying.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

ACTIVE OFFER VERIFIED

Confirmed April’s exact product page at 190 DKK for 125 g, with 250 g and 1 kg options and an active add-to-cart state.

VARIETY IDENTITY PRESERVED

Kept the release as a mixed SL28/SL34 AA selection with no single-variety relationship or invented component percentages.

PROCESS RECONFIRMED

Recorded the two 20-hour parchment holds, intervening light wash, final washing, and 14–18 days of raised-bed drying below 24°C.

SENTIMENT SCREENED

No independent tasting was found for this exact 2026 pure-SL28/SL34 AA release. Earlier mixed-variety, single-variety and other-roaster Kamavindi reviews were excluded.

What was added?

Current 190 DKK / 125 g base offer, active availability, exact product URL, full blackberries-red apple-florals note set, and the sourcing context behind the pure SL28/SL34 separation.

What wasn't added?

No exact harvest, single-point elevation, roast level, roast date, component percentages, exact-release brew recipe or qualifying independent public rating was verified.

Why it matters

The profile now distinguishes this current pure-SL28/SL34 AA release from April’s older mixed-variety AA/AB lots and its separate current SL34 and SL28/SL34 AB offerings.

What you might taste

April publishes blackberries, red apple and florals. These are roaster notes, not an owner tasting or public consensus.

Sources for these process claims

· https://www.aprilcoffeeroasters.com/products/kamavindi-kenya-washed-mixed-varietals-aa
· https://www.aprilcoffeeroasters.com/coffee-inf-recipes/kamavindi

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 2026-11-06) 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

Method: exact sentiment required April Coffee, Kamavindi Estate, the pure SL28/SL34 composition, AA grade and the current 2026 release. Seller/catalog restatements were excluded. Reviews of April’s older SL28/SL34/Ruiru AA, separate SL28 or SL34 lots, AB lots and other roasters’ Kamavindi coffees were excluded. No score was inferred.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Kamavindi Estate →Meet the farmer: Peter Mbature →

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