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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Kamwangi - Kenya; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Kamwangi - Kenya; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Kamwangi - Kenya; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for 2026 Kamwangi - Kenya; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇰🇪Kenya · Kirinyaga

2026 Kamwangi - Kenya

Roasted by Sey CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsKenyaKirinyagaWashedRaspberryRoseArabicaSingle originSey CoffeeIndependent
🇰🇪KenyaWashedField Blend
Brand
SEY Coffee
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇰🇪Kenya
Region
Kirinyaga
Town
—
Farm / Station
—
Farmer / Producer
New Ngariama Farmers Cooperative Society
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Field Blend
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
cranberry, raspberry, rose hips
Fermentation
Dry-fermented for 24–36 hours under shade
Drying
Dried on raised beds until moisture content reaches 10%
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • individual growersThe exact release credits New Ngariama Farmers Cooperative Society and Kamwangi Factory but does not identify the contributing smallholders.
  • cultivar proportionsSL28 and SL34 are described as the main components, with smaller amounts of Ruiru 11 and Batian, but exact percentages are not published.
  • roast levelSEY does not state a conventional light/medium/dark label on the exact release page.
  • roast dateNo bag-specific roast date is available for the archived release.
  • public sentimentNo qualifying independent exact-release numeric rating was 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
    2026 Kamwangi - Kenya
  2. 02
    The brand
    SEY Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Sey Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Field Blend
  5. 05
    The farm
    Not disclosed
  6. 06
    The farmer
    New Ngariama Farmers Cooperative Society
  7. 07
    The region
    Kirinyaga
  8. 08
    The country
    🇰🇪Kenya
From the producer

Kamwangi is one of two processing factories operated by the New Ngariama Farmers Cooperative Society, situated on the southern slopes of Mount Kenya in Kirinyaga County.

From the roaster

Sey is a Brooklyn-based micro-roastery focused on building long-term, transparent relationships throughout the coffee supply chain to deliver complex and dynamic coffees.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This coffee is sourced from the Kamwangi site, a long-term partner of the roaster known for consistently producing high-quality Kenyan lots.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Cherry selection

Member-grown cherries were hand-picked at peak ripeness, hand-sorted for uniformity and floated to remove lower-density fruit.

02
Depulping and fermentation

The coffee was depulped on harvest day and dry-fermented under shade for 24–36 hours.

03
Washing and grading

After fermentation, the parchment was washed and graded by density in washing channels.

04
Raised-bed drying

The coffee dried on raised beds until moisture reached about 10%.

What was added?

No additives are disclosed.

What wasn't added?

No fruit, inoculated culture or post-roast flavoring is disclosed.

Why it matters

The record distinguishes a cooperative factory lot from a single-farm coffee and documents the complete traditional washed sequence.

What you might taste

SEY lists cranberry, raspberry and rose hips.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.seycoffee.com/products/2026-kamwangi-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 2026-10-30) 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

SEY's exact release and exact-product catalog sources were checked. The Press provides cataloged price and package evidence but no scored review. Seller sensory claims, general Kamwangi reputation, different crops and other roasters' releases were excluded.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farmer: New Ngariama Farmers Cooperative Society →
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