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Kenya Kamwangi, Kinship Roasters
Kinship Roasters, Forest, VA

Kenya Kamwangi

RoastLight
Tastes like
Rainier cherry, pomegranate, citrus honey
Process
Double Soak
Size
$27.0012 oz bag, $2.25/oz

Shipping from $6.66

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About this coffee

A light roast, double soak coffee from Kamwangi Coffee Factory at New Ngariama Cooperative in Kirinyaga, Kenya, grown at 1,600 to 2,000 m.

What Kinship Roasters states about this coffee, and what is on record about it.

Roast
Light
Process
Double Soak
Variety
Sl28, Sl34, Ruiru11, Batian
Altitude
1,600 to 2,000 m
Grown by
Kamwangi Coffee Factory, New Ngariama Cooperative
Sourcing
Rainforest Alliance

Why this coffee

What will it taste like?

Mainly fruit, some citrus, some sugar.

  • Fruit50%
  • Citrus25%
  • Sugar and spice25%

The roaster’s notes: rainier cherry, pomegranate, citrus honey.

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?

$2.25an ounce for the 12 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: $1.68 to $2.42 an ounce.

$1.68$2.42

What moves the price

  • Light roast+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

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