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Ol'ochoy is a 20-acre farm in Meteitei, in Kenya's Nandi Highlands. It sits at 2,000 metres with volcanic soil, and grows SL28, Batian and Ruiru 11.
This is a washed coffee. The cherries are hand-picked, then the fruit is removed at the farm's own washing station before the beans are dried on raised beds. Washed coffees tend to taste clean and bright, and it's a good one to try next to our natural and honey coffees from Malawi to see how much processing changes the cup.
Around 90% of the team at Ol'ochoy are local women. They also plant trees, look after the river that runs along the farm, and supply seedlings to neighbouring farmers.
The coffee was roasted at African Coffee Roasters near Nairobi and nitrogen flushed, so it stays fresh for up to six months.
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Meet Noel Nyirenda.
For over two decades he's been farming in Junju, northern Malawi, on a small farm he looks after with his family. At 1,500–1,600 metres, Noel grows Gesha, SL28 and Catimor 129. This particular coffee is a blend of 80% Catimor and 20% Gesha.
This is a natural process coffee. After harvest, the whole cherries are laid out on raised drying beds, and the beans dry inside the fruit. As they dry together, the sweetness of the cherry seeps into the bean, giving the cup a funky, fruity character.
From Junju, the coffee travelled north to Kenya, where it was lightly roasted at African Coffee Roasters, just outside Nairobi, then nitrogen flushed and sealed so it stays at its peak for up to six months.
Whole bean only.
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Meet Lyson Msiska.
He grew every bean in this bag on his family's farm in the hills of Nkhota, overlooking Lake Malawi.
At 1,500–1,600 metres, he grows this mostly Geisha blend (70% Geisha, 30% Catimor) himself then processes it at the MF washing station just down the road.
This is a honey process coffee, which sits somewhere between a washed and a natural. Washed coffees have all the fruit stripped off before drying, giving a clean, bright cup, while naturals dry inside the whole cherry for a fruitier, funkier one. With honey, Lyson removes the skin but leaves some of the sticky fruit layer on the bean as it dries, so you get the clarity of a washed coffee with extra sweetness and a fuller, rounder body.
From Lyson's farm, this coffee made the journey north to Kenya, where it was lightly roasted on an ultra-precise Loring at African Coffee Roasters, just outside Nairobi. Roasting in Africa keeps more of the value, and the skilled jobs, on the continent where coffee is grown.
Straight after roasting, each bag is nitrogen flushed and sealed, so the coffee stays at its peak for up to six months.
Whole bean only.
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MF stands for Mantchewe Falls, Malawi's highest waterfall and the place our coffee story began.
For over a decade, we've been working to make coffee's supply chain shorter, fairer and more connected. At our small washing station in northern Malawi, we work side by side with a handful of brilliant farmers, experimenting with new varieties and processing methods.
Africa grows some of the world's best coffee, but most of it is roasted somewhere else. Not ours! Every batch is roasted in Kenya by our partners at African Coffee Roasters, keeping more of the value, and the skilled jobs, in Africa.
Come and taste the difference.
