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Kenya Nyeri Chinga AB

Prevalent sweetness from start to finish, unrefined and toasted sugar notes with a sprinkling of cinnamon and clove, hints of golden raisin, dried cranberry, and bright highlights of tangelo and pomegranate. City to Full City.

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Chinga has such a sweet smell to it, with dried fruited sweetness in the grinds, like raisin and date, accented by mulling spices. Aspects of raw sugars are a bit more potent in the wet aroma, and culminate a steam infused with cinnamon-spiced sugar, demerara, and a honey note that shows floral complexity. I wouldn't call the cup fruit-forward, but the spiced sugar notes prevalent in the cup, and fruited accents, yield some really interesting flavor profiles. The sweetness has unrefined sugar notes with a sprinkling of cinnamon and clove that make a positive impact on the aromatics. A caramelized note comes up as the coffee cools, and adds to the layers of sweetness. I picked up on fruited hints of golden raisin, dried cranberry, stone fruits, and bright highlights of tangelo citrus and pomegranate. Acidity makes its mark on the complex cup profile, but is pretty well-integrated into the cup flavors for Kenyan coffee. I roasted Chinga AB to three different roast levels - City, City+, and Full City - and found that cup sweetness to be persistent in all of them, as well as fruit flavors that shift with roast development.

  • Process Method Wet Process (Washed)
  • Cultivar Bourbon Types
  • Farm Gate Yes

Chinga AB is one of several coffees we picked up from Othaya Farmer's Cooperative Society (FCS), an FCS that includes an impressive amount of wet mills, 18 in all, dating back to the late 1950s. Chinga Factory was the second mill to be developed under Othaya umbrella in 1960. "Factories" are essentially small washing stations aligned with a particular "society" in Kenya, what we would call a "cooperative". We return to the societies who seem to regularly produce some of the best Kenya coffees, and each year we come across societies that are new to us as well. Being one of the older Kenya FCS, we are well aware of the quality coming out of Othaya, and have had the good fortune to buy a few stellar lots the past two years. We bought three lots from the Chinga station this year alone including this AB lot, one each Peaberry and AA. This coffee's sweetness just blew us away, marked by some lovely fruit hints, and vibrant, bright acidity too. It was purchased direct, not through the Kenya auction system, so we could avoid the risk of losing it. To do this we pay a price that is higher than what the top auction bid might be, but it means we get the exact lot we want.

Region Nyeri
Processing Wet Process Kenya Type
Drying Method Raised Bed Sun Dried
Arrival date July 2023 Arrival
Lot size 65
Bag size 60 KG
Packaging GrainPro Liner
Farm Gate Yes
Cultivar Detail SL-28, SL-34, Ruiru-11
Grade AB
Appearance .2 d/300gr, 15-17 Screen
Roast Recommendations City to Full City
Type Farm Gate
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