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So many Kenyan coffees of late cup heavy on citrus notes (lemon, and in particular, grapefruit flavours abound right now) so it’s a real pleasure, and a welcome change, to find a richly fruited coffee that features a different hue from Kenya’s vast palate of flavours.

Gethumbwini is a relatively rare single-estate Kenya, and this lot is something still more rare… a peaberry. And it’s an extraordinarily hard, dense peaberry bean at that, which translates into lots of versatility at the roaster.  Its aromas are opulent: blackcurrant and maple, chocolate, burgundy. In the cup it asserts its fruit in velvet hues — sweet black cherry and blackberry, a suggestion of sweet, dark chocolate. Its acidity is an ever-present winey undercurrent that rolls and tumbles in a silky body all the way through to its finish, which is mostly sweet, subtly tannic, and softly spiced.

Price shown per 500g.

£8.95

Product Code: KENYA05