tasting notes: nectarine, lemon curd, milk chocolate
region: murang'a county
producer: 727 members of gondo wet mill (new kiriti fcs,)
varietals: sl28, k7, ruiru 11, batian
process: fully washed
altitude: 1,900 masl
importer: crop to cup
from crop to cup:
Gondo Wet Mill collects from 727 active members, smallholders with +/- 50 trees each, scattered along the Abadare Range. This is Mathioya District, within the more well-known Murang’a County, in the north-western sector of the famous Central Highlands. Gondo is part of the larger, 2,469 member New Kiriti FCS which includes sister stations Kayu and Kirimahiga. The cooperative maintains an executive committee seven as well as a separate 3-person oversight committee, with one representative coming from every wet mill. All together they boast 19 full-time staff with 25 additional workers hired on during the harvest.