Karogoto

The Karogoto washing station is owned and run by the Tekangu Farmers Cooperative Society since 2005 and is located in the Nyeri region, surrounded by Mount Kenya and the Aberdare Range. Nyeri is located in central Kenya, on the southwestern slopes of Mount Kenya and the eastern slopes of the Aberdare Range, and alongside the neighbouring Kirinyaga region, it is home to Kenya’s most complex coffees. Over 70% of the region’s coffee is produced by small-holders working on a few acres, growing only around 250 coffee shrubs each. Around 1800 smallholders submit their crop to Karogoto during the harvest season, where the cherries are immediately sorted and separated according to various rules. The cherries are pulped mechanically, the day before being fermented. Fermentation is followed by washing and then drying under the sun for 9 to 13 days.