Description
BIG STORY BEHIND THIS COFFEE
This coffee is sourced from Thiriku washing station in Kirinyaga county. This factory constitutes the Thiriku Cooperative Society that has a membership of slightly over 2200 majority of whom are women.
The coffee is cultivated on the volcanic soil of Aberdares by small scale farmers with an average of 0.5 ha of land who grow coffee as a source of family income alongside subsistence food such as bananas, beans , potatoes. They intercrop the coffee with avocados, macadamia and mangoes providing the much needed shade cover.
A key sustainability selling point for Thiriku is the fact that they have installed a modern eco pulper that uses less water during the processing. Secondly its the only cooperative society that has a guaranteed minimum price, Rockbern is proud to be part of this revolutionary project that has brought in transparency and endered so many young people to get back to the coffee farming because of the guaranteed earnings that enable them to plan and look at farming as a viable business.
An opportunity to roast and present this coffee to our community is such a great honor, we are truly honored by the fact that our revolutionary ideology and desire to bring positive change can be traced in this cup.
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