 Kenya AA Mathareini is a single plantation, auction-lot coffee that we recently acquired. After an extensive cupping comparing more than thirty Kenya AA coffees, we selected this one for its interest and refined delicacy. Farmed at an altitude between 4600 and 4900 feet, this shade-grown coffee is cultivated in red, loamy volcanic soils on gentle slopes. Banana trees interspersed with macadamia produce shade.
Rated 94 points by Coffee Review November, 2007.
Beans are of the Bourbon varietal, an heirloom type of Arabica optimized for this micro-climate, are selectively hand picked, pulped, fermented by traditional wetmill processes, than dried on raised African beds that allow air flow from all sides. Production of this coffee was very small. We secured as much as we could and expect it to last for at least several months. Ken Davids' Coffee Review comments: Intense, exuberantly complex aroma: orange, grapefruit, honey, cedar, blackcurrant. In the cup the acidity is intense and sweet, the mouthfeel syrupy, the flavor continuingly complex, dry yet lush: blackcurrant, grapefruit, wine, a hint of milk chocolate. The finish is superb: saturated with grapefruit and chocolate, sweet, rich, long. Cup Characteristics: Big flavored Kenya with viscous, chocolate mouthfeel. Clean and complex. Berry fruit sweetness. Refined acidity with citrus notes.
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| 1 | $6.19 | | 2-4 | $5.88 | | 5-19 | $5.57 | | 20+ | $4.95 |
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