Kenya Premium AA Coffee

 

KENYA ARABICA COFFEE SELECTION

After the coffee is ripe and hand picked it is taken to the factory for milling, washed and dried. After the coffee is dry up to 12-13% moisture, the coffee is again milled and put into grades as below: T, TT, C, AB, PB, E, AA, UG1, UG2, MH and ML. Apart from the last two grades, which is MH&ML, the rest passes through the process of water which is fermented in bins for 72hours.

The grades are determined by the size of the screens as follows
E =Screen 21 AA =Screen 18
AB =Screen 15 C =Screen 12
PB =Screen 15

You will find that grade AB and PB are of the same screen but PB are round beans.

TT might be screen 18 and 15 and this is taken out from screen 18.

AA and screen 15.

AB but they are light beans in density and broken

A) Grade AA: This grade is later classified in 4classes according to the taste.

Kenyan Coffee Harvesting Schedule

Coffee Farms:	573,426 farms grouped into 275 cooperatives, 1,275 plantations		Harvest Times:	Main Crop: October-December, Fly Crop: June-August
Coffee Workers:	6,000,000	Grading, Processing :	AA (17/18 screen)=highest M'buni, natural coffee for local consumption=lowest: Wet-processing
Shade Grown:	Rarely	Certified Organic:	None. Localized use of chemicals is rare, due to excellent agricultural methods: mulching, pruning, mowing etc.
Major Coffee Growing Regions:	High Plateau around Mt. Kenya , Aberdare Zone, West: Kasii, Nyanza, Bungoma, East: Nakuru, Kericho	Rank in Production::	6th in Africa 18th in World
Botanical Cultivars:	SL-28, SL-34, Bourbon, Kents , Typica, Riuri 11. Bourbons are sometimes called Scottish Mission and French Mission.	Introduced:	1800's: By the Fathers of the Holy Spirit Congregation: Bourbon in 1911 from Reunion : Kents in 1920 from the Indies .

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