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

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Kenya Kiamwangi Natural; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Kenya Kiamwangi Natural; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Kenya Kiamwangi Natural; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇰🇪Kenya · Nyeri

Kenya Kiamwangi Natural

Roasted by Onyx Coffee LabRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsKenyaNyeriSL28SL34Ruiru 11BatianNaturalLight roastPineappleNutmegArabicaSingle originKiamwangi FactoryOnyx Coffee Lab
🇰🇪KenyaNaturalLight roast
Brand
Onyx Coffee Lab
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇰🇪Kenya
Region
Nyeri
Town
—
Farm / Station
Kiamwangi Factory
Farmer / Producer
Iria-Ini Farmers Cooperative Society
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11, and Batian
Process
Roast
Light
Tasting notes
Pineapple, Apple tart, Hibiscus, Nutmeg
Fermentation
—
Drying
Raised-bed dried
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • individual contributing growersIria-Ini represents roughly 3,500 members, but the exact Kiamwangi Natural page does not state how many or which members contributed to this lot.
  • variety idThe exact lot combines SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11, and Batian in undisclosed proportions.
  • fermentationThe exact release page does not disclose fermentation duration or vessel.
  • drying durationRaised-bed drying is verified, but the exact drying duration is not disclosed.
  • price usdA reliable retail package price was not visible on the archived exact-release page.
  • roast dateNo bag-specific roast date was available.
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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 Kiamwangi Natural
  2. 02
    The brand
    Onyx Coffee Lab
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Onyx Coffee Lab
  4. 04
    The variety
    SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11, and Batian
  5. 05
    The farm
    Kiamwangi Factory
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Iria-Ini Farmers Cooperative Society
  7. 07
    The region
    Nyeri
  8. 08
    The country
    🇰🇪Kenya
From the producer

Iria-Ini FCS represents roughly 3,500 smallholders across its station network and has invested in natural processing and origin-side quality evaluation.

From the roaster

Onyx classifies the roast as Ultra Light at ground Agtron 130.8 and recommends both filter and espresso. Its published transparency panel lists a $6.30/lb green cost, $3.23 market reference, $0.40/lb transport cost and 1,190 lb lot size.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A natural-process departure from the washed style more commonly associated with Kenyan factory coffees, produced during Iria-Ini’s station revitalization.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Protected the exact identity

Kept Kiamwangi under Iria-Ini in Nyeri separate from Kamwangi/New Ngariama in Kirinyaga.

02
Completed the profile

Added evidence-backed editorial sections for cooperative, cultivars, altitude, harvest, natural process, drying, roast context, flavor direction, and brew guide.

03
Recorded evidence limits

Left variety, fermentation, price, roast-date, and independent-sentiment gaps explicit.

What was added?

Four verified cultivars, 1,750 m elevation, November harvest, Natural process, raised-bed drying, Ultra Light roast context, flavor direction, and exact Onyx filter guide.

What wasn't added?

No single variety, fermentation protocol, retail price, owner tasting, score, or independent sentiment rating was inferred.

Why it matters

The completed page documents a distinctive Kenyan natural lot without collapsing it into a near-identical factory name or overstating lot data.

What you might taste

Onyx describes pineapple, apple tart, hibiscus, and nutmeg.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://onyxcoffeelab.com/products/kenya-kiamwangi-natural
  • · https://climatesmart.coffee/farmers/iriaini-farmers-co-operative-society
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 2026-10-26) 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

Exact-release searches returned the roaster archive and origin documentation, not an independent tasting review. Other Kiamwangi, Kamwangi, washed, or differently roasted releases were excluded.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Kiamwangi Factory →Meet the farmer: Iria-Ini Farmers Cooperative Society →
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