Flavor Notes

White Grapefruit

Dried Florals

Tamarind

White Grapefruit, Dried Florals, Tamarind

10oz of Kenya Windrush AA
Kenya Windrush AA

Roast Level: Bright

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    Bright

  • 0

    Comforting

  • 0

    Traditional

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Roast Level: Bright

  • 3

    Bright

  • 0

    Comforting

  • 0

    Traditional

Grown just outside Nairobi in Kiambu County, this lot features prized Kenyan varieties cultivated by smallholders upholding the region's long tradition of coffee production. Sorted to AA standards, one of Kenya’s most uniform and premium quality grades, the resulting cup is vibrant with notes of white grapefruit, dried florals, and tamarind.

White Grapefruit

Dried Florals

Tamarind

The details

Origin story

  • Country Kenya
  • Producer Gatatha Farmers Company
  • Region Kiambu County
  • Elevation Range 1500 - 1950 m
  • Processing Method Washed
  • Drying Method Raised Bed
  • Harvest October 2024 - December 2024
Just outside the capital city of Nairobi in Kiambu County, some 1,000 smallholder growers form the Gatatha Farmers Company. They cultivate prized Kenyan varieties like SL-28 and SL-34 and deliver their daily harvest of ripe cherry to Windrush Estate for classification and washed processing. Historically known for dairy, tea, and coffee production, the region has experienced steady pressure from Nairobi’s urban expansion, with agricultural land increasingly giving way to real estate development. In this shifting landscape, smallholders like those in the Gatatha collective continue to produce specialty coffee that reflects Kiambu’s high elevation and mineral-rich soils. This lot showcases their efforts, further refined through sorting at the dry mill to AA standards, one of Kenya’s most uniform and premium quality grades.
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How To Brew

We recommend starting with a 1:18 coffee-to-water ratio, which provides an excellent total extraction level and maximizes flavor pulled out of the ground coffee. For our single origin coffees we recommend a pour over method either on a Chemex, V60 or Kalita Wave on a 5 or 6 grind setting if you are ordering from Intelligentsiacoffee.com.

Recommended Method Pour Over

  1. 01.
    Boil Water 205 - 216 F
  2. 02.
    Weigh Coffee 1g of coffee per 18g of water
  3. 03.
    Drop In Filter Add filter to equipment
  4. 04.
    Grind Coffee Grind coffee and add to filter
  5. 05.
    Add Water Add water in stages
  6. 06.
    Remove Filter Enjoy your coffee!
Details on how to brew
Image of pour over demonstration
Image of two growers hugging in field
Image of two growers hugging in field
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Image of the sky and mountains landscape
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Image of growers sorting coffee beans

Why We're Different

Intelligentsia coffee buyers travel year-round working with a network of farmers. From the farm, coffee arrives at the roasting works in Chicago, where coffee professionals cup, grade, and release over 50 single-origins and blends annually.

10oz of Kenya Windrush AA
Kenya Windrush AA