Kenya Kianjuki Embu AA

This full-bodied and citrus-forward stunner comes to us from the Kianjuki factory which is located in Eastern Kenya. Around 800 coffee farmers deliver their ripe coffee cherries here. Nearby Mount Kenya is an extinct stratovolcano, (the conical kind of volcano you think of when a picture of volcano) and was formed due to rising magma from deep in earth's crust. Though it hasn't erupted in over 2 million years, this area is still an active geological hotspot, where not too far away the East African Rift is still diverging, slowly separating the continent of Africa. Next to Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Mount Kenya is the second largest peak in Africa, and these high elevations are perfect for growing coffee. There are also two distinct rainy seasons here that allow for two separate coffee harvests every year. Kianjuki factory is owned and operated by the Kirurumwe Farmers' Cooperative Society, the same cooperative that we've purchased our Kenyan lots over the past few years.