Kenya Kiambu Ritho Wamuguma AA

Tasting Note: Red Berries | Candied Plum | Bright | Clean

Size: 200g

Brewing Recommendation: Filter Brews

Ever since we happily slipped and fell into the caffeine rabbit hole, we have always heard nothing but good things about Kenyan coffees according to the internet anecdotes, especially the washed ones. In our excitement, we explored Kenyan washed, and like many beginners - we ended up scrunching our faces by the extremely acidic notes.

There were a few reasons to that, but we later realize that roasting Kenyan coffees to be sweet is actually challenging, and it's difficult to come across master roasters who could consistently produce such results. We are not saying that our roast is the best, but we are liking our latest Kenyan releases so far (the other one is a natural from Nyeri) in comparison to many other Kenyans that we have released in the past.

As a side note, Kiambu coffees have slowly become our favourite from Kenya although they are not as well-known as coffees from Nyeri or Kirinyaga regions. Our current Kiambu offering from Wamuguma washing station stands out because of its highly sweet flavour and blackcurrant notes with darkberries acidity.

On the Naming of the Coffee

At The Crackpots, we always try to help beginners and advanced drinkers alike to understand more about coffees. One of our efforts is to explain the various cryptic names of coffees which could be confusing.

Here’s a breakdown of this coffee: