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

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Gathiruini Peaberry; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Gathiruini Peaberry; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Gathiruini Peaberry; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇰🇪Kenya · Kiambu County

Gathiruini Peaberry

Roasted by Origin CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsKenyaKiambu CountyWashedPeachCaramelArabicaSingle originGathiruini FactoryOrigin Coffee
🇰🇪KenyaWashedField Blend
Brand
—
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇰🇪Kenya
Region
Kiambu County
Town
Githunguri
Farm / Station
Gathiruini Factory
Farmer / Producer
Komothai Farmers Cooperative Society
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Field Blend
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
Peach, Cranberry, Caramel
Fermentation
Overnight fermentation after depulping and water-channel sorting (supplier disclosure)
Drying
Sun-dried on raised tables for about two weeks; covered during rain or harsh sun
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • Point altitudeOrigin publishes 1,600–1,700m; the supplier describes member farms at roughly 1,800m. Neither supports one point value.
  • HarvestThe supplier publishes cooperative harvest windows but does not identify this bag's exact harvest.
  • Cultivar proportionsSL28, SL34, Ruiru 11 and Batian are listed without percentages.
  • Roast level and roast dateThe exact Origin page does not publish a formal roast level or bag-specific roast date.
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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
    Gathiruini Peaberry
  2. 02
    The brand
    Not disclosed
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Origin Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Field Blend
  5. 05
    The farm
    Gathiruini Factory
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Komothai Farmers Cooperative Society
  7. 07
    The region
    Kiambu County
  8. 08
    The country
    🇰🇪Kenya
From the producer

Gathiruini Factory belongs to Komothai Farmers Cooperative Society and serves approximately 700 members farming about 168 hectares, averaging roughly 300 coffee trees per grower.

From the roaster

Origin presents this as a smooth Kenyan lot with peach, cranberry and caramel, sparkling berry acidity, rich juicy body and a lingering fruity finish.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This profile corrects an earlier Othaya/Nyeri contradiction: the current release is tied to Komothai FCS in Githunguri, Kiambu County. Supplier documentation also makes the washed sequence unusually transparent.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Selected and sorted

Ripe cherries are hand-picked, delivered to the wet mill and spread on a patio for visual sorting.

02
Depulped and channel-sorted

Cherries are depulped and submerged in water channels, where floaters are removed.

03
Fermented overnight

The depulped coffee is left to ferment overnight before washing the next day.

04
Raised-table dried

Washed parchment is sun-dried on raised tables for about two weeks and covered during rain or harsh sun.

What was added?

No fruit, flavoring or inoculant is disclosed.

What wasn't added?

The documented method is a traditional Kenyan washed process, not a co-ferment or flavored coffee.

Why it matters

The sequence explains the clean, structured Kenyan profile while making clear which details come from the supplier rather than the retail page.

What you might taste

Origin lists peach, cranberry and caramel.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.origincoffee.co.uk/products/gathiruini
  • · https://www.thecoffeequest.com/gathiruini-kenya/
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 2026-10-25) 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

The exact product page displays a 4.6/5 aggregate from seven seller-hosted Okendo reviews, but those ratings are excluded under the project’s independent-source rule. General Origin Coffee discussions and other Gathiruini lots were also excluded.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Gathiruini Factory →Meet the farmer: Komothai Farmers Cooperative Society →
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