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🇰🇪Kenya · Kirinyaga

Kenya, Kiangoi AA, Kirinyaga

Roasted by Sightglass CoffeeRoaster's website

TRADITIONAL PROCESS

TagsKenya Kirinyaga Washed Medium-Light roast Grapefruit Molasses Arabica Single origin Kiangoi factory Sightglass Coffee Owned by Gingerbread Capital

🇰🇪KenyaWashedField BlendMedium-Light roast

Brand

Sightglass Coffee

Who owns the brand

A mid-size coffee group — Gingerbread Capital

Roaster website

Visit website

Country

🇰🇪Kenya

Region

Kirinyaga

Town

—

Farm / Station

Kiangoi factory

Farmer / Producer

950 smallholder members of the Kiangoi factory

Species

Arabica

Type

Single origin

Grade

Not specified

Variety

Field Blend

Process

Roast

Medium-Light

Tasting notes

black currant, ruby grapefruit, molasses

Fermentation

Pulped, fermented for 12 to 16 hours, washed, then soaked for 24 hours

Drying

Raised beds for 10 to 14 days

Product page

Roaster's site

Date reviewed

—

Why some details are blank

gradeKiangoi is documented as AA screen grade, but AA does not map to the site’s available grade categories; no unsupported Specialty label was substituted.
altitude mStation documentation publishes a 1,600–1,700 m range, so a single scalar value was not inferred.
harvestThe exact Sightglass release does not identify the crop period; general station harvest months were not promoted to the release field.
producer member namesThe release identifies a 950-member smallholder cohort but does not publish the individual contributor names.
scoreThe merchant-hosted one-rating aggregate and Cherrybook evidence index do not qualify as an independent exact-coffee tasting score.

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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.

01
The name on the bag
Kenya, Kiangoi AA, Kirinyaga
Named on the bag
02
The brand
Sightglass Coffee
Documented
03
The roaster
Sightglass Coffee
Documented
04
The variety
Field Blend
Documented
05
The farm
Kiangoi factory
Documented
06
The farmer
950 smallholder members of the Kiangoi factory
Documented
07
The region
Kirinyaga
Documented
08
The country
🇰🇪Kenya
Documented

From the producer

Sightglass attributes this release to 950 smallholder members delivering to Kiangoi Factory. Station-level farmer counts can vary by season and source; Sucafina's current Kiangoi profile lists 1,838 delivering farmers.

From the roaster

Sightglass Coffee highlights this selection as a classic, vibrant Kenyan coffee that balances bright fruit notes with a sweet, molasses-like finish.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A traceable Kirinyaga AA release with a clearly named washing station and farmer cohort. Its page also illustrates why mutable ecommerce templates must be checked: the title and summary say Kiangoi while the technical panel currently says Gatina and Embu.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

Cherry delivery

Smallholders deliver ripe cherry to Kiangoi Factory; Sightglass describes the release as grown by 950 members.

Fully washed processing

The release is identified as washed. Sucafina's station documentation describes pulping, 12–16 hours of fermentation, washing, a 24-hour soak and 10–14 days of raised-bed drying.

What was added?

No added ingredients or flavoring are disclosed.

What wasn't added?

The conflicting Gatina/Embu template fields were not copied into this Kiangoi record.

Why it matters

The washed process supports clarity and the bright fruit profile associated with this lot.

What you might taste

Black currant, ruby grapefruit and molasses, as listed by Sightglass.

Sources for these process claims

· https://sightglasscoffee.com/collections/coffee-bags/products/kenya-kiangoi-aa-kirinyaga
· https://sucafina.com/na/offerings/kiangoi-aa

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 2026-10-25) 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

Non-exact, seller, directory, generic-roaster, different-release, duplicate, and older-release sources were excluded. No qualifying independent exact-release review remains.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Kiangoi factory →Meet the farmer: 950 smallholder members of the Kiangoi factory →

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WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLYDO TO THIS COFFEE?

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