GAKUYU INI PB #016 - SL28, SL34, RUIRU11, BATIAN, WASHED - KENYA

SCENERY
LONDON, ENGLAND

GAKUYU INI PB #016 - SL28, SL34, RUIRU11, BATIAN, WASHED

BLACKCURRANT
POACHED RHUBARB
VIOLET

PRODUCER: 3700 SMALLHOLDERS, THIRIKWA F.C.S
ORIGIN: KENYA
REGION: KERUGOYA AND KIANYAGA, NGIRIAMBU DISTRICT, KIRINYAGA
STATION: GAKUYU-INI FACTORY
VARIETAL: SL28, SL-34, RUIRU 11, BATIAN; (PB SCREEN SIZE)
ALTITUDE: FARM ELEVATIONS 1500 - 1900 MASL, STATION ELEVATION 1572 MASL
PROCESS: TRADITIONAL WASHED

ROAST DATE: JUNE 1, 2026

FROM THE ROASTER

LCF FEATURE RELEASE:

WE NABBED THIS LOT OFF A ROUND OF NORDIC APPROACH SAMPLES WHEN SELECTING OUR MAINLINE KENYA FOR THE YEAR. HAVING NOTED IT WAS ON THE FIRST CONTAINER TO ARRIVE, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT SMOOTHER AT MOVING DIRECT SHIPMENTS FROM BELGIUM TO THE UK - AND SO WE SET ABOUT DOING THAT IN TIME FOR LCF WITH TIME TO ROAST AND HAVE A SMIDGEN OF REST. FIRING THE STARTING GUN FOR THE SEASON, THIS PB LOT IS FULL SEND CLASSIC KENYA.

WE'RE TASTING REALLY CLASSIC KENYAN AROMATICS - BLACKCURRANT & APPLE CORDIAL, SOME FLORAL BLACK TEA LIKE DARJEELING. IN THE CUP IT'S LIKE HOT VIMTO - ALL THE PURPLE FRUITS, WITH A HINT OF BAKING SPICE AND POMEGRANATE MOLASSES, ALONGSIDE LEMON VERBENA AND A FLORAL NOTE THAT REMINDS US OF PARMA VIOLETS. AS IT COOLS, THE ACIDITY RESOLVES TO A REALLY JUICY MALIC NOTE LIKE POACHED RHUBARB. EMBLEMATIC OF TYPE

PROCESS

SELECTIVELY PICKED CHERRIES ARE DELIVERED BY SMALLHOLDERS TO GAKUYU-INI FACTORY, WHERE THEY ARE SORTED AT INTAKE, THEN PULPED IN THE AFTERNOON WITH THE PARCHMENT FERMENTED OVERNIGHT. THE PARCHMENT IS THEN WASHED WITH DENSITY SORTING, WITH THE TOP GRADES SENT FOR A SECONDARY SOAK IN FRESH WATER OF AROUND 16 HRS, BEFORE MOVING TO RAISED BEDS TO DRY OVER 8 - 14 DAYS, WEATHER DEPENDENT.

HARVEST

CROP 25/26, ARRIVED UK APRIL 2025. NEW PURCHASING RELATIONSHIP