Coop / Sub-Coop: Mugoiri Five Farmers' Cooperative Society
Elevation: 1,600 – 1,800 meters above sea level
Process: Fully washed
Drying: Dried on raised beds
This washed lot comes to us from Muriranja Coffee Factory in Murang'a County, Kenya, operated by Mugoiri Five Farmers' Cooperative Society (FCS), a long-established cooperative managing multiple mills including Muriranja, Kiboi, Kahuro, and Mirichu. The cooperative supports around 500 smallholder farmers growing coffee on very small plots of less than 1 hectare, typically between 1,600 and 1,900 mas in the central highlands near the Aberdare Range.
Each producer cultivates SL28, SL34, and Ruiru 11 varieties on approximately 100-300 coffee trees and delivers ripe cherry directly to the factory during harvest. To produce this lot, farmers handpick ripe cherries and deliver them the same day to Muriranja Factory, where the coffee is sorted, depulped, and fermented overnight before being washed and graded through channels. Once processing is complete, the coffee is dried on raised beds under the sun.
Coop / Sub-Coop: Mugoiri Five Farmers' Cooperative Society
Elevation: 1,600 – 1,800 meters above sea level
Process: Fully washed
Drying: Dried on raised beds
This washed lot comes to us from Muriranja Coffee Factory in Murang'a County, Kenya, operated by Mugoiri Five Farmers' Cooperative Society (FCS), a long-established cooperative managing multiple mills including Muriranja, Kiboi, Kahuro, and Mirichu. The cooperative supports around 500 smallholder farmers growing coffee on very small plots of less than 1 hectare, typically between 1,600 and 1,900 mas in the central highlands near the Aberdare Range.
Each producer cultivates SL28, SL34, and Ruiru 11 varieties on approximately 100-300 coffee trees and delivers ripe cherry directly to the factory during harvest. To produce this lot, farmers handpick ripe cherries and deliver them the same day to Muriranja Factory, where the coffee is sorted, depulped, and fermented overnight before being washed and graded through channels. Once processing is complete, the coffee is dried on raised beds under the sun.
