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

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

Editorial illustration

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

Editorial illustration

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

Editorial illustration

🇰🇪Kenya · Kirinyaga

Kenya Karimikui AB

Roasted by Heart Coffee RoastersRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsKenyaKirinyagaWashedMolassesArabicaSingle originKarimikuiHeart Coffee RoastersIndependent
🇰🇪KenyaWashedField Blend
Brand
Heart Coffee Roasters
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇰🇪Kenya
Region
Kirinyaga
Town
—
Farm / Station
Karimikui
Farmer / Producer
Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Field Blend
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
black currant, rosehip, molasses
Fermentation
Factory sources document fermentation at Karimikui, but Heart does not publish a crop-specific duration for this AB release.
Drying
Factory sources document raised-bed drying at Karimikui, but Heart does not publish a crop-specific drying duration for this AB release.
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • townSources identify Karimikui Factory and Kirinyaga County but do not publish a town for this exact release.
  • altitude mHeart publishes a 1,700–1,900 m range; no midpoint is stored as fact.
  • fermentationFactory-level washed processing is documented, but Heart gives no crop-specific fermentation duration for this release.
  • drying methodFactory-level raised-bed drying is documented, but Heart gives no crop-specific drying duration for this release.
  • harvestNo harvest date or crop year is published for the exact Heart release.
  • gradeAB is a Kenyan screen class; the generic grade field cannot represent it and remains Not specified.
  • roast levelThe exact Heart release does not publish a conventional roast-level label.
  • roast dateNo bag-specific roast date is available.
  • sentiment ratingNo qualifying independent exact-release tasting score was found; retailer catalogs and non-Heart releases were excluded.
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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 Karimikui AB
  2. 02
    The brand
    Heart Coffee Roasters
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Heart Coffee Roasters
  4. 04
    The variety
    Field Blend
  5. 05
    The farm
    Karimikui
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society
  7. 07
    The region
    Kirinyaga
  8. 08
    The country
    🇰🇪Kenya
From the producer

Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society operates Karimikui, Kii and Kiangoi factories in Kirinyaga. Official KIRICOP records identify Karimikui as factory XAD14F02.

From the roaster

Location: Kirinyaga Elevation: 1700-1900m Varieties: SL28, SL34 Process: Fully washed FOB cost: $5.05lb / $11.13kg *FOB (Free-On-Board) cost is the price we have paid for the coffee once it is ready to ship. This includes what the farmer was paid, the milling, warehousing and transport, as well as a

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This release combines exact factory and cooperative traceability with SL28 and SL34, a documented altitude range, fully washed processing and Heart’s published black currant, rosehip and molasses notes.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Identity links

Connected the existing Karimikui and Rungeto records to Kirinyaga.

02
Lot facts

Recorded the exact altitude range, package price and current sold-out state.

03
Evidence boundary

Separated factory-level process documentation from facts Heart publishes for this crop.

What was added?

Exact Kirinyaga and Rungeto links, corrected altitude range, verified package price, current availability, factory-level process context and refreshed sources.

What wasn't added?

No public sentiment score was added. A 2018 review was a different crop, and no independent exact-release score was verified.

Why it matters

The prior page reduced a 1,700–1,900-meter range to a single altitude and did not connect Karimikui to its cooperative or region record.

What you might taste

Heart publishes black currant, rosehip and molasses.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://heartroasters.com/products/kenya-karimikui-ab
  • · https://kiricop.co.ke/rungeto-co-operative-society/
  • · https://koppi.se/pages/karimikui
  • · https://thepresscoffee.com/products/kenya-karimikui-ab
  • · https://waveformcoffee.com/products/heart-kenya-karimikui-ab
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

Non-exact, seller, directory, generic-roaster, different-release, duplicate, and older-release sources were excluded. No qualifying independent exact-release review remains.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Karimikui →Meet the farmer: Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society →
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