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Arriving at Kieni this is the first sight of the mill
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Kieni mill manager Josphat explain the drying process to our bar manager Jacob
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Kieni factory, Mugaga society, Nyeri, Kenya
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Kieni chairman Charles Murimi
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Stunning views all around the hilly Nyeri region
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One of the Kieni farmers in the midst of picking coffee
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Jacob trying his hand at picking coffee
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Kieni farmer Michael Mwangi Gaitho
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A typical farm house in this region with a couple of grazing cows
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Full bearing coffee tree with a solid yield
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Kieni farmer Charles Kigunda Kimunya talking with Jospath, Charles and Jacob at his farm. The magazine he's holding is full of pictures from our last visit ti Kieni.
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Ripe and unripe cherries next to each other requires selective hand picking. The white on the leaves are copper to prevent against leaf fungus attacks.
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Charles Kigunda Kimunya at his house. He's one of the many people are behind your daily cup.
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Joseph Ngari was featured in our magazine KAFFE issue 2. This year he's selected as a model farmer to teach others in this region.
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Kids hanging out at Kieni to see what we're up to
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A group of farmers delivering the day's harvest
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Sorting coffee at Kieni before delivering to the hopper
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Example of some of the overripe coffee that is sorted out
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Jacob got put to work helping at the collecting station at Kieni. When farmers bring in coffee it's weighed and put into the computer. The farmers gets a receipt as proof.
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Jacob at the computer as farmers are delivering coffee
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Cherry hopper, where the coffee is collected before depulping
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These pulper disc squeeze the coffee cherry and separates the pulp from the beans inside
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The machine operator adjusts the depulping discs, to only pulp the ripe cherries and not damage the beans inside
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The coffee skin is removed and used for compost, which the farmers can pick up and bring back to their coffee trees
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Fresh pulped coffee enroute to the fermentation tanks
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After fermenting the coffee is washed in clean water in these channels to remove the fermented mucilage
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After washing the coffee is put in soaking tanks until ready for drying
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Afternoon at Kieni as the coffee is washed
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As the coffee is turned on the drying tables it's visible how moist is still is underneath
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Kieni chairman Charles Murimi holding up the swag
