NGACHA ESTATE [YELLOW HONEY] - SL28 & SL34, YELLOW HONEY - KENYA

TANAT
PARIS, FRANCE

NGACHA ESTATE [YELLOW HONEY] - SL28 & SL34, YELLOW HONEY

REDCURRANT
KUMQUAT
YELLOW PEACH

ORIGIN: KENYA – KIRINYAGA (NGACHA ESTATE)
PRODUCER: MARTIN MURIUKI
VARIETY: SL28, SL34
PROCESS: YELLOW HONEY

ROAST DATE: SEPTEMBER 1, 2026

FROM THE ROASTER

GROWN AT NGACHA ESTATE IN THE KIRINYAGA HIGHLANDS, THIS LOT PAIRS KENYA'S TWO EMBLEMATIC VARIETIES, SL28 AND SL34, WITH A YELLOW HONEY PROCESS THAT LETS MORE OF THE MUCILAGE'S BODY AND SUGARS RIDE ALONG THROUGH DRYING.

NGACHA IS A FAMILY ESTATE WHOSE STORY BEGINS IN 1954. MARTIN MURIUKI, SECOND GENERATION, CONTINUES HIS FATHER'S WORK, DEVELOPING KENYA'S REFERENCE VARIETIES AND EXPERIMENTING WITH POST-HARVEST PROCESSING.

THE CUP IS INTERESTING PRECISELY BECAUSE IT DOES NOT OVERPLAY THE FRUIT. IT OPENS ON REDCURRANT, BRIGHT AND TART, THEN KUMQUAT TAKES OVER WITH A FINER, ALMOST ZESTY CITRUS, AND YELLOW PEACH ARRIVES LAST, JUICY AND SWEET. BALANCED AND ELEGANT THROUGHOUT.