
Thageini (Washed)- Kenya
Monastery CoffeeAbout This Coffee
This coffee is from the Thageini wet mill in Nyeri County, Central Region of Kenya, grown at 1,650 to 1,800 meters altitude. The varieties are SL28 and SL34, and it is washed processed. Produced by the Aguthi Farmer's Co-operative Society, which operates four mills including Thageini with approximately 450 member producers. The coffee features flavor notes of blackcurrant, candied lemon, and black tea. Sourced through Project Origin, who have invested in infrastructure development at this station including carbonic maceration facilities and new drying beds.
Origin
Nyeri County (Kenya)
Flavor Notes
Black Tea, Candied Lemon
Roast Level
Light
Processing
Washed
Typology
ArabicaSL-28, SL-34
MC
Monastery Coffee
Monastery Coffee was founded in 2013 in Adelaide by Adam Marley, Daniel Milky, and Nader Shahin, three friends with university backgrounds in economics, finance, and geophysics. They roast on a 12 kilogram Diedrich using Cropster software from a characterful shed within a shed structure in a semi industrial area northeast of the city. Sourcing is serious here, with green beans coming through Melbourne Coffee Merchants, Cafe Imports, Handpickers, and others, and Adam has personally traveled to Burundi to work with the Long Miles Coffee Project. By 2020, 73% of their coffee came from smallholder farmers working five hectares or less, and every wholesale partner receives farmer cards with photos and origin stories.



