This coffee from Kenya is a great example of a well done washed coffee. While still fitting into the classic Kenya profile it leans more into the syrupy sweet fruit notes rather than some of the more savory and tomato like flavors that a lot of Kenyan coffees present. In the cup we are getting beautiful tropic fruit notes, some light hibiscus-like florals, all rounded out by a heavier plum-like sweetness. 

Gatomboya factory is operated by the Barichu Farmer Cooperative Society (F.C.S.), which has about 1,000 smallholder members, about 900–950 of whom are active. The farmers grow on very small plots, and also tend macadamia, corn, bananas, and beans. Cherries here are sorted, depulped, fermented overnight before being washed, and then placed on raised beds for 10–12 days.