Kenya - Gichuka Factory | Washed - Archived
The factory that produced this lot lies in Githunguri, Kiambu county which is at the south-east on the foothills of Aberdare ranges and neighboring Nairobi. Gichuka Factory is under Kimaratia Farmers’ co-operative society, founded in 1995 and has 3 factories (Gachika, Gitare & Gichuka) with 2500 small farmers. Their production is around 189,998 kg with around 613 hectares of land.
In Gichuka Factory, there is an important group of employees called "Cherry-Clerks" whose responsibility is to oversee the harvesting process. Any unripe or damaged cherries will not be accepted. Cherry-Clerks will record the amount of coffee provided by each producers every day, and producers must take away their rejected cherries back, ending up with low-quality "Mbuni" during off-season. In this way they can maintain coffee quality in the factory, and the profits of producers can be maximized. The coffee is hand-picked, pulped and transferred to the factory’s fermentation tank for traditional Kenyan washed processing before being sundried.
The factory that produced this lot lies in Githunguri, Kiambu county which is at the south-east on the foothills of Aberdare ranges and neighboring Nairobi. Gichuka Factory is under Kimaratia Farmers’ co-operative society, founded in 1995 and has 3 factories (Gachika, Gitare & Gichuka) with 2500 small farmers. Their production is around 189,998 kg with around 613 hectares of land.
In Gichuka Factory, there is an important group of employees called "Cherry-Clerks" whose responsibility is to oversee the harvesting process. Any unripe or damaged cherries will not be accepted. Cherry-Clerks will record the amount of coffee provided by each producers every day, and producers must take away their rejected cherries back, ending up with low-quality "Mbuni" during off-season. In this way they can maintain coffee quality in the factory, and the profits of producers can be maximized. The coffee is hand-picked, pulped and transferred to the factory’s fermentation tank for traditional Kenyan washed processing before being sundried.
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The factory that produced this lot lies in Githunguri, Kiambu county which is at the south-east on the foothills of Aberdare ranges and neighboring Nairobi. Gichuka Factory is under Kimaratia Farmers’ co-operative society, founded in 1995 and has 3 factories (Gachika, Gitare & Gichuka) with 2500 small farmers. Their production is around 189,998 kg with around 613 hectares of land.
In Gichuka Factory, there is an important group of employees called "Cherry-Clerks" whose responsibility is to oversee the harvesting process. Any unripe or damaged cherries will not be accepted. Cherry-Clerks will record the amount of coffee provided by each producers every day, and producers must take away their rejected cherries back, ending up with low-quality "Mbuni" during off-season. In this way they can maintain coffee quality in the factory, and the profits of producers can be maximized. The coffee is hand-picked, pulped and transferred to the factory’s fermentation tank for traditional Kenyan washed processing before being sundried.
