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Kenya Kirinyaga — Kii Factory — supplied coffee image 1
Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Kenya Kirinyaga — Kii Factory; not a documentary photograph

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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Kenya Kirinyaga — Kii Factory; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Kenya Kirinyaga — Kii Factory; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇰🇪Kenya · Kirinyaga

Kenya Kirinyaga — Kii Factory

Roasted by Kaldi's Coffee Roasting Co.Roaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsKenyaKirinyagaWashedMedium-Light roastGrapefruitCherryArabicaSingle originKii FactoryKaldi's Coffee Roasting Co.
🇰🇪KenyaWashedField BlendMedium-Light roast
Brand
—
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇰🇪Kenya
Region
Kirinyaga
Town
Kibugu
Farm / Station
Kii Factory
Farmer / Producer
Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Field Blend
Process
Roast
Medium-Light
Tasting notes
Grapefruit, Cherry, Shortbread
Fermentation
Mechanically pulped, then fermented in tanks for 24–72 hours. Kaldi's says duration changes with altitude and climate.
Drying
Washed, then dried on raised beds or brick patios.
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • ALTITUDEKaldi's publishes a 1,600–1,800 meter range rather than one exact lot elevation; no midpoint is stored as fact.
  • HARVESTKaldi's current exact product page does not state a harvest period.
  • COMPONENT PROPORTIONSThe four cultivars are named, but their proportions are not published.
  • AVAILABILITYThe cited Kaldi's exact-product URL returned 404 on October 12, 2026, so current retail availability could not be 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 Kirinyaga — Kii Factory
  2. 02
    The brand
    Not disclosed
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Kaldi's Coffee Roasting Co.
  4. 04
    The variety
    Field Blend
  5. 05
    The farm
    Kii Factory
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society
  7. 07
    The region
    Kirinyaga
  8. 08
    The country
    🇰🇪Kenya
From the producer

The Kii Factory is managed by the Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society, which supports over 850 smallholder farmers. Located near the Kii River at the base of Mt. Kenya, the factory is known for its meticulous cherry sorting and processing techniques.

From the roaster

An expressive, fruity washed coffee from the Kii Factory in Kirinyaga, with lingering acidity and notes of grapefruit, cherry and shortbread. Varieties are the classic Kenyan SL-28 and SL-34 mix with Batian and Ruiru 11.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

Produced by members of the Rung'eto Cooperative, this lot is washed using water from the Kii River at the base of Mount Kenya and features the prized SL-28 and SL-34 varieties alongside modern disease-resistant ones.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Mechanical pulping

The coffee is mechanically pulped after delivery to Kii Factory.

02
Tank fermentation

Parchment ferments in tanks for 24–72 hours, with duration varying by altitude and climate.

03
Washing

Water is used to remove remaining mucilage after fermentation.

04
Drying

Washed parchment dries on raised beds or brick patios.

What was added?

Water is inherent to the documented washed process. No other processing input is published.

What wasn't added?

Fruit, flavorings, spices or inoculated cultures are not documented; their absence is not inferred.

Why it matters

The variable fermentation window and documented drying methods support a traditional washed classification without implying an undisclosed additive.

What you might taste

Kaldi’s listed grapefruit, cherry, shortbread and lingering bright acidity; these are roaster descriptors.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://kaldiscoffee.com/products/kenya-kirinyaga
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 2026-11-01) 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: Kii Factory →Meet the farmer: Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society →
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