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

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

Editorial illustration

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

Editorial illustration

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

Editorial illustration

🇰🇪Kenya · Kirinyaga

2025 Gerald Njagi; Kambarare - PB Separation - Kenya

Roasted by Sey CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsKenyaKirinyagaSL28WashedLight roastMangoArabicaSingle originKambarareGerald NjagiSey CoffeeIndependent
🇰🇪KenyaWashedSL28Light roast
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
Light
Tasting notes
mango, lychee, blackcurrant, hibiscus
Fermentation
Dry-fermented in darkness for 18–20 hours, followed by an additional 24-hour dry fermentation
Drying
Raised beds under shade nets until 16% moisture, then moved to upper beds to finish to ~10.5%
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • gradeThe exact SEY page publishes no formal green-coffee grade.
  • roast dateNo bag-specific roast date is available for the archived release.
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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 - PB Separation - 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 established his own farm, Kambarare, in 2011 after initially leasing 100 trees.

From the roaster

Sey Coffee is a Brooklyn-based micro-roastery focused on sourcing and roasting dynamic, complex coffees while fostering long-term relationships throughout the supply chain.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This is an exceptionally small lot of Peaberry SL28 from Gerald Njagi's farm that the roaster identifies as one of the highest-scoring Kenyan coffees they have encountered.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Selection and depulping

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

02
Two-stage dry fermentation

The depulped coffee was dry-fermented in darkness for 18–20 hours, washed repeatedly, then dry-fermented for another 24 hours.

03
Final washing and drying

The coffee was washed again, density-sorted in channels, dried on shaded raised beds to 16% moisture, then finished on upper beds to about 10.5%.

What was added?

Nothing disclosed.

What wasn't added?

SEY describes a washed process and discloses no fruit, flavoring, or fermentation inoculant.

Why it matters

Peaberry separation isolates a physically distinct portion of Gerald Njagi's SL28 harvest while careful washed processing preserves clarity.

What you might taste

Mango, lychee, blackcurrant, and hibiscus, according to SEY Coffee.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.seycoffee.com/products/2025-gerald-njagi-kambarare-pb-separation-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

What the internet is saying
WE FOUND 1 RELEVANT PUBLIC SOURCES

AI-synthesized from publicly available information retrieved 2026-10-26. This is research, not our original tasting review.

What the sources say

One independent exact-product rating scored this release 5.00/5 and described a bright, candy-like tropical profile with intense sweetness and acidity.

What people love

The reviewer praised the exotic aroma, sweet-tart balance, tropical fruit, juicy body, and exceptionally lively acidity.

What people don't

No consistent criticism can be established from one review; the reviewer noted pithy dryness in the finish.

Flavors people keep mentioning
candy-liketropical fruitlimemangopineapplehoneydew melonsweet-tartjuicy
Outside ratings & rankings

Scores remain on their original scales. An outside review, competition score or historical release is not our tasting and cannot safely be merged into one five-star rating.Our method

Internet sentiment

A qualitative summary of public sources, including context. Not a coffee score.

Positive — one exact-product rating
The sources
  • Public discussion
    Coffee Roast
    A highly complex and unique Kenyan coffee described as having intense tropical fruit notes, candy-like sweetness, and zippy acidity reminiscent of lemon and lime.
    Source
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