Origin
About this lot
Origin This coffee comes to us from the Central Highlands of Kenya, with the help of our importing partner Cofinet. Nyota, meaning “Star” in Swahili, is the name of the group of washing stations that have contributed to this coffee. These washing stations have had their lots compiled before undergoing several rounds of sorting and quality assessment. Every country has its own grading system, Kenya’s being denoted by letter grades. Coffees are first sorted by screen size (AA being the largest, AB slightly smaller, and so on), and subsequently graded based on various factors such as varietal and altitude, and finally quality. This particular coffee is an AB Plus, meaning it is composed of the highest quality AB lots. Project The coffees are then brought to auction (as is custom in Kenya), and cupped blind, so that no external bias can affect the outcome. The Nyota group’s coffees stood out