Washed Kenya Coffee | Black Label 005
$35.00
Flavor Profile
KENYA (BLACK LABEL 005)
Elevation: ~1580 MASL
Producer/Farm: Thomas Masila Mutunga, Mbandi Estate
Variety: SL28
Region: Kilimambogo, Kenya
Process: Washed
ABOUT BLACK LABEL SERIES
What is the Black Label Series?
Black Label Series is reserved for highlighting single origin micro lot coffees that have gone through the natural ferment or anaerobic ferment process.
What Can I Expect from a Black Label Series Coffee?
A Natural ferment process coffee will have a light body with big fruit forward tasting notes that will linger on your pallet.
Natural coffees will have a more silky mouthfeel giving you a different experience compared to a washed coffee.
As Natural coffees cool the flavor profile switch and the sweetness becomes more highlighted with every sip.
It’s a coffee you are going to want to slow down with, sit, savor and enjoy.
What is Natural Ferment Process?
With a Natural processed coffee the coffee cherries are harvested and let to dry in the sun with the cherry still intact for an extended period of time before removing the seed from the fruit. During this time the fruit ferments in the heat and the sugars get absorbed into the bean giving the coffee a more fruit forward focused coffee drinking experience.
What is an Anaerobic Process Coffee?
With an Anaerobic Process coffee the coffee cherries are harvested and sealed in tanks without oxygen.
Airlocks are used to allow the coffee to release CO2 gases without allowing oxygen to enter the tank.
This allows a completely controlled and homogeneous fermentation.
The coffee is then dried after the 4-5 day anaerobic fermentation process.