Onyx Coffee Lab
Kenya Gatomboya Aa

Grown in the famed Nyeri region, this AA outturn hits all the bright citrus acids you would expect from Kenya. Braced with a round tactile and sugar browning notes like toffee, this coffee is both easy to extract and even easier to drink. This coffee made its way to us via our friend Todd Mackey at Olam Coffee. With our Kenyan shipment delayed, we purchased a few early arriving spot lots from importers to allow us to serve Kenyan coffees during the summer season, and this AA lot stood out amongst the lineup that Todd sent our way. Read below for more information about the Gatomboya station. Gatomboya is one of the four washing stations in the Barichu Farmers Cooperative Society of 4000 smallholder coffee producers. Gatomboya specifically services around a quarter of those. Barichu is known for taking good care of its member producers and the nearby community. The Cooperative Society built a coffee shop on the factory grounds that services travelers on the nearby road. The income of this shop helps lower the overhead costs for the management of the cooperative and factories. The washing station lies close to Karatina town in Nyeri county. Nyeri coffee is well-known for its great quality and intense, complex flavor profiles. Slightly over 80% of all coffee production in Nyeri comes from smallholder farmers. The majority of them make up the county’s 23 different cooperative societies.