Kenya Muthunzuuni AA

Kenya Muthunzuuni AA
By Smallholder Farmers

Tastes: Floral, lime, bright
Varieties: SL28, Ruiru 11, Batian
Region: Machakos County
Process: Washed
Altitude: 1650 m
Importer: Royal Coffee

Machakos County is one of central Kenya’s largest, beginning south of Nairobi and spanning northeast along the borders of Kiambu, Muranga’a, and Embu counties, some of Kenya’s oldest coffee producing areas. Machakos is lesser-known than the highly competitive central counties of Kiambu, Kirinyaga, and Nyeri, and while it is commonly known as “Eastern” Kenya, it is nonetheless capable of producing excellent quality coffees, as it contains similar latitudes and elevations to the rest of the central area. Notably, Machakos produces a fly crop as well, so fresh crop coffee in the early fall is possible here.

Muthunzuuni Factory is the sole washing station in the Muthunzuuni Farmer Cooperative Society (FCS). The producer group belongs to the Machakos Cooperative Union, an umbrella organization that represents 28 societies in the county and offers benefits to its members, commonly provided by 3rd party service providers elsewhere in Kenya, including dry milling, farmer training, marketing, and subsidized farm support.