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Kenya Kathima AB, Cafe Demitasse
Cafe Demitasse, Santa Monica, CA

Kenya Kathima AB

Tastes like
Blackberry, fig, jammy
Process
Washed
Size
Grind
$26.008 oz bag, $3.25/oz

Shipping $6.00

Shipped by Cafe Demitasse from Santa Monica, CA. Roasted weekly, per Cafe Demitasse’s own policy. Ships to US addresses; shipping and tax are shown at checkout. Shipping and returns

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About this coffee

A washed coffee from Smallholders of the Thambana Farmers Cooperative Society at Thambana Farmers Cooperative Society in Manyata, Manyata, Embu County, Kenya, grown at 1,600 to 1,800 m.

What Cafe Demitasse states about this coffee, and what is on record about it.

Process
Washed
Variety
Sl28, Sl34, Ruiru11
Altitude
1,600 to 1,800 m
Grown by
Smallholders of the Thambana Farmers Cooperative Society, Thambana Farmers Cooperative Society
Score cited by the roaster
88.25

About Cafe Demitasse

Why this coffee

What will it taste like?

All fruit.

  • Fruit100%

The roaster’s notes: blackberry, fig, jammy.

Acidity
Body
Sweetness
Balance
Clean

Profile estimated from the roaster’s tasting notes.

See these notes on the flavor wheel

Mapped from the roaster’s tasting notes to the SCA flavor wheel: our reading of their notes, not the roaster’s own categories.

How does the price compare?

$3.25an ounce for the 8 oz bag, before shipping and tax.

We sell too few coffees like this one to compare it side by side.

Estimated from its listed traits and this roaster's other prices: $1.86 to $2.67 an ounce.

$1.86$2.67

What moves the price

  • Roaster brand and sourcing+6%
  • Single origin+3%

The estimate comes from a statistical model, refit weekly on coffees listed by the roasters in our shop. A price comparison says nothing about how a coffee tastes.

The variety and the origin

About sl28

Genetic group
Bourbon-Typica group (Bourbon related)
Lineage
Selection of "Tanganika Drought Resistant." Bourbon-like genetic background.
Breeder
Scott Agricultural Laboratories
Stature
Tall
Bean size
Large
Yield potential
Low
Quality at high altitude
Exceptional
Coffee leaf rust
Low resistance/susceptible

Source: World Coffee Research, SL28

About Cafe Demitasse

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