Washed SL28, SL34, Batian, Ruiru

Washed SL28, SL34, Batian, Ruiru

200g
€9,90
€9,90 €15,90
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Washed SL28, SL34, Batian, Ruiru
  • Washed SL28, SL34, Batian, Ruiru
Washed SL28, SL34, Batian, Ruiru

Washed SL28, SL34, Batian, Ruiru

This washed coffee comes from Nyeri Hill Estate AB in Nyeri, Kenya, grown across SL28, SL34, Batian, and Ruiru 11. Cherries were pulped, fermented, and washed before drying on raised beds.
Florals open the nose, followed by blackcurrant and redcurrant juice on the palate, with a syrupy sweetness. A bright, juicy acidity carries through the finish.
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About this coffee

Producer
Nyeri Hill Estate AB

Region
Nyeri

Origin
Kenya

Varietal
SL28, SL34, Batian, Ruiru 11

Process
Washed

Harvest
2025/2026

Produzent
Nyeri Hill Estate AB

Region
Nyeri

Herkunftsland
Kenia

Prozess
Gewaschen

Varietät
SL28, SL34, Batian, Ruiru 11

Ernte
2025/2026

Sweetness

Complexity

Acidity

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About the producer

Nyeri Hill Estate AB

Nyeri Hill Estate lies in Nyeri County on the slopes of Mount Kenya, one of the oldest coffee farms in East Africa, first planted in 1914. The estate is run by the Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri and spans over 1,400 hectares, with around 340 devoted to coffee grown between 1,800 and 2,200 meters above sea level in volcanic red soil. More than 350 permanent staff and thousands of seasonal pickers work the harvest each year. Profits from the coffee support local schools, a teachers' college, and a mission hospital, making the estate as much a community institution as a coffee farm.

About the varietal

SL28, SL 34, Batian, Ruiru 11

SL28, SL 34, Batian, and Ruiru 11 are all Kenyan-developed varieties grown together at Nyeri Hill Estate. SL34 and SL28 date to the 1930s work of Scott Laboratories, prized for their vivid acidity and blackcurrant character, though both remain vulnerable to leaf rust and coffee berry disease. Batian and Ruiru 11 were bred later by Kenya's Coffee Research Institute to resist those same diseases while approaching the cup quality of the SL series. Grown side by side, the four varieties combine to give the lot Kenya's signature juicy acidity, blackcurrant intensity, and layered complexity.

Process

Washed

At Nyeri Hill Estate, ripe cherries are hand-picked and sorted before pulping, then fermented for six to 48 hours to break down the mucilage. The coffee is fully washed with clean water, soaked under circulation for a further 24 hours, and then dried on raised beds for 14 to 21 days. This traditional Kenyan washed process produces a clean, defined cup that lets the estate's blackcurrant acidity and floral character come through clearly, without the added sweetness or body of natural or honey processing.

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