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🇰🇪Kenya · Embu

2025 Mbature Family; Kamavindi Estate, Field Blend - Kenya

Roasted by Sey CoffeeRoaster's website

TRADITIONAL PROCESS

TagsKenya Embu Washed Grapefruit Arabica Blend Kamavindi Estate Mbature family Sey Coffee Independent

Blend: Kenya

Brand

SEY Coffee

Roaster website

Visit website

Countries

Kenya

Regions

Embu

Town

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Farm / Station

Varies by component — see below

Farmer / Producer

Multiple contributors — see blend components

Species

Arabica

Type

Blend

Grade

Not specified

Varieties

SL28 · SL34 · Ruiru 11 · Batian

Process

See individual components

Roast

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Tasting notes

Dark Fruits, Pink Grapefruit, Jam-like Sweetness

Fermentation

Dry-fermented 18–20 hours in darkness, washed repeatedly, then dry-fermented for an additional 24 hours before final washing and channel density sorting.

Drying

Raised beds under shade nets to 16% moisture, then upper beds to approximately 10.5%.

Product page

Roaster's site

Date reviewed

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Why some details are blank

roast levelSEY does not publish a conventional roast category; third-party catalog labels were not treated as a measured roaster specification.
blend proportionsSEY names SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11, and Batian but does not disclose their percentages.
formal gradeNo lot-specific formal green grade was published, so the record uses Not specified.
public review textRoastguide exposes the exact 3.8/5 aggregate and two-review count but not the individual review text, so praise and criticism themes were not inferred.

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Sourcing explained

Who grew each part of this blend?

This coffee combines separately grown lots. A producer named for one component is not the grower of the entire blend. SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11, and Batian; percentages not disclosed.

SL28 component

Country:: Kenya
Region:: Embu
Farm / station:: Kamavindi Estate
Producer:: Mbature family
Processing:: Washed
Proportion:: Not published
Research note:: Confirmed by SEY; proportion not published.

SL34 component

Country:: Kenya
Region:: Embu
Farm / station:: Kamavindi Estate
Producer:: Mbature family
Processing:: Washed
Proportion:: Not published
Research note:: Confirmed by SEY; proportion not published.

Ruiru 11 component

Country:: Kenya
Region:: Embu
Farm / station:: Kamavindi Estate
Producer:: Mbature family
Processing:: Washed
Proportion:: Not published
Research note:: Confirmed by SEY; proportion not published.

Batian component

Country:: Kenya
Region:: Embu
Farm / station:: Kamavindi Estate
Producer:: Mbature family
Processing:: Washed
Proportion:: Not published
Research note:: Confirmed by SEY; proportion not published.

Check the roaster’s current component disclosure ↗

The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

A blend contains several origin chains, not one farmer or country. The component records above show each documented origin; undisclosed details stay undisclosed.

01
The name on the bag
2025 Mbature Family; Kamavindi Estate, Field Blend - Kenya
Named on the bag
02
The brand
SEY Coffee
Documented
03
The roaster
Sey Coffee
Documented
04
Varieties
SL28 · SL34 · Ruiru 11 · Batian
Named on the bag
05
Farms / processing sites
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
06
The growers
Multiple contributors — see component details above
Named on the bag
07
Regions
Embu
Named on the bag
08
Countries
Kenya
Named on the bag

From the producer

Kamavindi Estate was founded by John Njiru Mbature in 1958 and is now managed by Peter Mbature and Gladwell Wanjira. The family controls estate processing and lot separation.

From the roaster

SEY presents this as a washed single-estate field blend from its ongoing collaboration with the Mbature family.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A traceable four-variety field blend with unusually detailed double-fermentation and staged-drying documentation.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

Documented the exact estate lot

Added four editorial sections covering Kamavindi, the Mbature family, the four-variety field blend, processing, and drying.

Verified historical commerce

Recorded Cherrybook’s exact $27/250 g archived package while excluding its evidence index from cup sentiment.

Reconciled public sentiment

Moved Roastguide’s exact 3.8/5 two-review aggregate into the structured sentiment fields and documented the 76/100 normalization.

What was added?

Four sourced sections, the historical $27/250 g package, and one exact independent two-review sentiment aggregate.

What wasn't added?

No conventional roast level, blend proportions, review-text themes, or original tasting score.

Why it matters

The profile now separates estate facts, catalog pricing, independent community sentiment, and the site’s untouched original-review fields.

What you might taste

SEY reports dark fruit, pink grapefruit, and rich jam-like sweetness.

Sources for these process claims

· https://www.seycoffee.com/products/2025-mbature-family-kamavindi-estate-field-blend-kenya
· https://roastguide.co/r/sey-coffee/2025-mbature-family-kamavindi-estate-field-blend-kenya
· https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/sey-2025-mbature-family-kamavindi-estate-field-blend-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 2026-11-03. This is research, not our original tasting review.

What the sources say

Limited positive signal: Roastguide reports 3.8/5 from two reviews for this exact SEY release.

Outside ratings & rankings

Roastguide 3.8/5 from 2 reviews

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.

Limited positive — very low sample

The sources

Independent marketplace ratings
Roastguide
Roastguide's exact 2025 Mbature Family Kamavindi Estate Field Blend page reports a 3.8/5 community rating from two reviews.
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Who grew each part of this blend?

SL28 component

SL34 component

Ruiru 11 component

Batian component

FROM THE BAGBACK TO THE LAND.

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLYDO TO THIS COFFEE?

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

What the internet is saying about this coffee

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