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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2025 Gerald Njagi; Kambarare - Kenya; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2025 Gerald Njagi; Kambarare - Kenya; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2025 Gerald Njagi; Kambarare - Kenya; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2025 Gerald Njagi; Kambarare - Kenya; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇰🇪Kenya · Kirinyaga

2025 Gerald Njagi; Kambarare - Kenya

Roasted by Sey CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsKenyaKirinyagaSL28WashedArabicaSingle originKambarareGerald NjagiSey CoffeeIndependent
🇰🇪KenyaWashedSL28
Brand
SEY Coffee
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇰🇪Kenya
Region
Kirinyaga
Town
—
Farm / Station
Kambarare
Farmer / Producer
Gerald Njagi
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
SL28
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
pomegranate, black currant, hibiscus
Fermentation
Dry-fermented for 18–20 hours in darkness, followed by an additional 24 hours of dry fermentation after initial washing.
Drying
Dried on raised beds under shade nets until 16% moisture, then moved to upper beds to finish to approximately 10.5%.
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • roast levelThe exact SEY page does not state a conventional roast category; Spro’s numerical roast classification was not treated as the roaster’s specification.
  • gradeThe exact SEY page publishes no formal green-coffee grade.
  • roast dateNo bag-specific roast date is available.
  • public sentimentAvailable independent ratings apply to the separate Peaberry lot or later harvests, not this standard November 2024 separation.
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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
    2025 Gerald Njagi; Kambarare - Kenya
  2. 02
    The brand
    SEY Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Sey Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    SL28
  5. 05
    The farm
    Kambarare
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Gerald Njagi
  7. 07
    The region
    Kirinyaga
  8. 08
    The country
    🇰🇪Kenya
From the producer

Gerald Njagi is a third-generation coffee producer who began his own Kambarare farm in 2011 by leasing 100 trees; he now manages much of the estate and oversees its post-harvest processing.

From the roaster

Sey Coffee is a Brooklyn-based roaster that focuses on highlighting the unique characteristics of specific lots through meticulous sourcing and light roasting.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A 100% SL28 separation from Gerald Njagi’s Kambarare farm and the first year of SEY’s Retro 1984 project, which explores pure SL selections in response to declining Kenyan-coffee quality. The exact archived consumer offer was $25.50 / 250 g.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Selection and depulping

Peak-ripe cherries were hand-sorted, floated and depulped on the day of harvest.

02
Two-stage dry fermentation

The depulped coffee dry-fermented for 18–20 hours in darkness, was washed until the water ran clean, then dry-fermented for another 24 hours.

03
Final sorting and controlled drying

After a second wash and channel density sorting, parchment dried on shaded raised beds to 16% moisture and then on upper beds to about 10.5%.

04
Archived offer reconciled

Added the exact $25.50 / 250 g consumer offer and retained SEY’s separately disclosed green-coffee supply-chain prices as context rather than retail pricing.

What was added?

Exact archived retail price and package weight, refreshed availability, complete process summary and clearer Retro 1984 context.

What wasn't added?

No conventional roast category, formal green grade, bag-specific roast date or independent exact-release rating was verified.

Why it matters

The profile now separates consumer pricing from SEY’s farm-gate, FOB and FOT green-coffee figures while preserving the exact-lot process and identity.

What you might taste

Pomegranate, black currant and hibiscus, according to SEY Coffee.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.seycoffee.com/products/2025-gerald-njagi-kambarare-kenya
  • · https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/sey-2025-gerald-njagi-kambarare-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 2026-10-28) 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

Coffee Roast ratings found for Gerald Njagi/Kambarare apply to the separate Peaberry separation. Other public listings concern 2025-harvest or 2026 releases. Cherrybook’s exact-page value is explicitly an evidence-of-quality index, not a cup score. All were excluded from sentiment arithmetic.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Kambarare →Meet the farmer: Gerald Njagi →
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