I took a detour to Nairobi, Kenya for cupping and some farm visits in Thika and Nyeri areas. Here’s some photos and things I learned about Kenya Coffee. (March 2009)
I was already headed to EthiopiaEthiopia, formerly known as Abyssinia, or a coffee cultivar: Ethiopia, or more specifically the Empire under Haile Selassie, was known as Abyssinia. The name is Latin, derived from... ...more for late February, but had heard that the crop was large and of excellent quality in KenyaKenya is the East African powerhouse of the coffee world. Both in the cup, and the way they run their trade, everything is topnotch.: Kenya is the East... ...more, and was told “come right away.”
Okay, I did, and the results were some excellent rounds of cuppingCupping is a method of tasting coffee by steeping grounds in separate cups for discrete amounts of ground coffee, to reveal good flavors and defects to their fullest.... ...more and many new contacts. I visited many coffee factories (wet mills) from whom we have already bought coffee: Karagoto, Ndaroini, Kiawamururu, Tegu, Kangocho and more. I also learned more about the coffee “societies”, what they call a co-operative union here. Each co-operative is organized into districts, each with their own “factory”. co-ops can take a maximum of 20% of the proceeds a lot makes in the Kenya auction, or from a direct “Second Harvest” purchase that circumvents the auction. I especially enjoyed the time I had cupping at the mill in Nyeri, and visiting the coffee shambas, the small farms of co-op members. The amount of cupping they do here is staggering.
And the auction system is unparalleled as a model for discovery of coffee quality. The fact that they added the “Second Harvest” window several years ago improves the system, allowing a buyer to purchase coffee outside of the auction system if so desired, by negotiating a price directly with the farm or co-operative. I was here primarily to visit one exporter, C. Dorman, and see how they work in Kenya. They have a mill in Nairobi, but also work at the farm level through an outreach company called CMS. Extra focus is put on coffees from another related company, Central Kenya Coffee MillA coffee mill might mean a coffee grinder, but we usually use the term to refer to a coffee processing facility, either a Wet-Mill or a Dry Mill.... ...more, a dry-mill located in Nyeri. There is a lot of work behind Kenya coffee for sure. And we are hoping to elevate the quality again this coming season, with many of our lots coming in vacuum pack to ensure highest quality with no flavor loss in transit.
Kenya cupping, it’s not a style, it’s a matter of survival…. Tasting so many coffees with that level of acidityAcidity is a positive flavor attribute in coffee, also referred to as brightness or liveliness. It adds a brilliance to the cup, whereas low acid coffees can seem... ...more can make someone want to drink Nescafe on the weekend. I asked a cupperOne who cups, or tastes and evaluates, coffee.: A cupper is a person who performs the somewhat formal analysis of coffee quality, called cupping. See the definition of... ...more here, and that’s exactly what they do. Cupping in Kenya is like nowhere else. Those who want a quiet room, a careful, clean procedure, a form with 10 scoring categories for each coffee, a rule to “stir each cup 3 times when breaking the cup” and clean water to rinse your spoon … well, you might need to adjust your requirements. This is really a very different type of cupping than most of us do. Just consider the scale of things …At the exporter C. Dorman for example, they cup around 600 kenya auction lots per week (650 is the max per weekly auction), and they do those twice on different days. 1200 or so. They also do 600 Tanzanias, another 1200 cup preparations. With re-cups and samples direct from the mill, not the auction, it’s another 400-600. In the main crop season, they do 2500-3500 cups, sometimes up to 4000! A week! Rinsing water is not their primary concern. They move really fast, using a simple 3 point score for acidity, bodyAssociated with and sensed by mouthfeel, body is sense of weight and thickness of the brew, caused by the percentage of soluble solids in the cup, including all... ...more and flavor. I have a video of the explanation, but basically a 232 is a great lot, 2 acidity, 3 body, 2 flavor. 1 scores are rare. They use these / marks for in-between scores so it’s 232/3 or 1/232 etc. They don’t write down their own scores either since that takes time, someone else does it. There are lots of drips that come off the spoons and fall in other cups; they don’t care. They make a set of about 15 samples, half-pour the water, then return to fill in 4 minutes with slightly cooler water. Nobody sniffs the coffee dry or wet. The cups are stirred and cleaned, then cool down for 15 minutes before they cup. So there is a table with maybe 80 cups set up in these stages, and as they finishSimilar to aftertaste, but it refers to the impression as the coffee leaves the palate. Aftertaste is the sensations gathered after the coffee has left the mouth. We... ...more scoring, they pull the cups from that stage and set up new ones. The lab I was in has 3 5-barrel sample roasters, with 2 of them were running most of the time I was there, and yes, all barrels in use. So you can imagine what a pain it must be to have your roaster-type cupper or coe type cupper in the room. There were three of us, me, Peter from Coffee Collective in Copenhagen and Tim Wendelboe from Oslo. They are very polite but I am sure it felt good to get the slow-pokes out of the way!
One of the big concerns among buyers of Kenya coffee is cultivarCultivar is a term used interchangeably with Varietal in the coffee trade to indicate plant material, although there are distinctions.: The naming of a cultivar should conform to... ...more. SL-28Scott Laboratories of Kabete Kenya developed the selection SL-28 Kenya cultivar, a preferred type with Bourbon, in 1935. It supposedly is selected from Tanganyika Drought Resistant cultivar, found... ...more is the king of all varietals and is broadly planted at high altitude farms. SL-34Scott Labs selection 34 Kenya cultivar, a preferred type with French Mission Bourbon heritage. It supposedly is selected from French Mission Bourbon trees at Loresho Estate in Kabete... ...more and K-7 can be found at lower altitudes, 1300 meters or so. SL stands for Scot Laboratories, who was contracted by the government to improve upon the BourbonA coffee cultivar; a cross between Typica and Bourbon, originally grown in Brazil: Mundo Novo is a commercial coffee cultivar; a natural hybrid between "Sumatra" and Red Bourbon,... ...more types of coffee that had come with French Missionaries from Reunion (Bourbon) island via TanzaniaIn terms of the Tanzania coffee character, it belongs to the Central/East African family of washed (wet-processed) coffees, bright (acidy), and mostly aggressively flavorful of which Kenya is... ...more in the south, as well as some inputs from the Scottish MissionThe Church of Scotland and their Kenya branch, the Scottish Mission, introduced coffee from Reunion Island via Yemen to their site in Kibwezi Kenya in 1893, and later... ...more in the North which brought in YemenYemen has a coffee culture like no other place, and perhaps some of what we enjoy in this cup is due to their old style of trade...: Technically,... ...more Typica seedstock. Coffee Leaf Rust (CLRCastillo is a selection of the Colombia cultivar that has become the most commonly grown coffee in Colombia. It is preferred to the older resistant variety, Variedad Colombia... ...more) and Coffee Berry DiseaseAbbreviated as CBD: A fungal disease that results in cherry dying and dropping to the ground before it is ripe.: A fungal disease that results in cherry dying... ...more (CBD) are huge problems in Kenya, and without treatment the crops would be devastated. The fact is, OrganicGrown without the use of artificial fertilizers, herbicides, etc.: Organic coffee has been grown according to organic farming techniques, typically without the use of artificial fertilizers. Some farms... ...more Kenya coffee is not viable, and you would need to pay 10x more for it if the farmer was going to be compensated fairly, because there would be so much loss. While the SL types have some resistance to these diseases, the Coffee Resarch center in Ruiru came up with a new type in the 1980s called Ruiru 11An Arabica cultivar from Kenya, a dwarf form with resistance to CBB (coffee berry borer) and CBD (coffee berry disease) : Ruiru 11 is named for the station... ...more. Oh, dreaded Ruiru 11. It is a back-crossed hybrid of earlier Ruiru types that has Hibrido de TimorHibrido de Timor abbreviated HdT is the interspecies hybrid of C. Arabica and C. Canephora (Robusta) that was found in Timor Leste in the 1940s. This was presumed... ...more inputs. HdT is a natural mutation of ArabicaArabica refers to Coffea Arabica, the taxonomic species name of the genus responsible for around 75% of the worlds commercial coffee crop.: Arabica refers to Coffea Arabica, the... ...more and RobustaAteng is a common name for Catimor coffees widely planted in Sumatra and other Indonesia isles.: Ateng, with several subtypes, is a common name for Catimor coffees widely... ...more that occurred on the island of TimorTimor-Leste (East Timor) is a tiny island between Australia and Sulawesi, annexed by Indonesia and liberated in a referendum several years ago. Small scale coffee farming was jump-started... ...more, and while the plant is hearty and strong, it tastes like crap. While Ruiru 11 is planted in many locations it makes up 5% or less of the total Kenya crop, so I am told. Most co-ops and farms are well aware now that the buyers want the SL types, and if properly managed they can have good yields and disease resistance too. Well, add to that “if they are properly treated with fungicides.” Yes, Kenya is dependant on them and there is no way around it. Their use appears to be wise (especially since they are so expensive) and it is not like farmers run out and spray the coffee cherries before harvest. Much of the treatment is before the coffee is formed on the tree. Various certifications, Utz Kapeh and Fair TradeFair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach to empowering developing country producers and promoting sustainability.: Fair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach... ...more and Rain Forest, require careful signage, training, and protection for those who spray. But the fact is, your Kenya coffee tree has been treated with fungicides at some point. In this way, it is 180 degrees opposite of Ethiopia.
After a morning of tongue-splitting cupping in Nairobi, we headed out to Thika district, to Yadini estateA "coffee estate" is used to imply a farm that has its own processing facility, a wet-mill. In Spanish this is called an Hacienda. A Finca (farm) does... ...more to meet Kamau, the head of farm outreach at Coffee Management Services (CMS). Yadini is a big farm, and the only one we saw in Thika, since much of the focus for quality coffee is the small-holder co-operatives farther away from the capital, such as Karatina, Nyeri. We did visit one co-operative near Thika called New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Coffee co-op, in Gatundu. Fun was had by all.
Next day we cupped a billion coffees again, then headed out for a tour of the Dorman’s impressive Nairobi mill, where coffees come to be offered at the auction, or conversely they come from the auction to be re-graded for export. This is also where they vacuum package the top tier lots, such as the Ndaro-Ini (Ndaroini) lot we have this year. Dorman has their fingers in many pies, and they also have a local chain of 10 coffee shops (money-losers, I am told) and a very successful roasted coffee brand, hence the tiny 90 kg Probat.
On Tuesday, since it is the main crop season, we paid an obligatory visit to the auction house in Nairobi. If you can imagine an old school lecture hall during test time, but add a big LED electronic trading board to the lecturn, and mix in the sounds from your pick of early 1980s video games (Pong will do), there you have it. You will need to check out the video I took to get the full effect. The sample room upstairs is amazing. The logistics for this process, and the fact they have carried it out for so many years, is a credit to the coffee board here. The problem is that, until several years ago, the KPCU company dominated the milling, and later Sofcanaf. Lack of competition made costs high, but the other big issue was this; marketing agents, the people that “represent” the co-op or farm and bring the lots to auction, were not always paying the farmers promptly. So despite the high prices garnered in the auction, the money was not making its way back to the people who grew the coffee, but was rather becoming “cash flow” money for middlemen. When the competition was opened up to include more exporters, more mills, and more agents, it actually helped, because a business that hadn’t paid farmers promptly had a hard time getting coffee next time. Happily, Dorman has a stellar reputation for getting the best prices for farmers and for paying them on time. I heard it at every co-op we visited, and saw the numbers. That is comforting to know.
After a jaunty time at the auction we headed up-country, as they call it, past Thika, Murang’a and Kirinyaga, to the Karatina area of Nyeri. We met members at Gikanada Farmers Co-operative Society (at Gachatha-Ini coffee factoryIn Kenya, a "Factory" is actually a coffee wet mill (called a washing station in other parts of Africa) where the fresh cherry is brought for wet-processing. It... ...more). Gachatha-Ini is great coffee, as is the Ndaro-Ini and Kangocho that all are part of this co-operative group. Charles, in the animal print shirt, is the co-op president and seemed on his game. We poked around the Gachatha-Ini factory (a mill is called a factory), and headed off to Ndaro-Ini not so far away. While the main harvest and drying time is over here, as in Ethiopia, the MbuniIn Kenya, Mbuni is the term for natural, dry-processed coffees. Mbuni grade is specifically low grade coffee, often picked when the cherry is green and unripe, or dried... ...more coffees are still coming in. Theoretically, these dry-processed coffees from late in the season could be good, but they aren’t. Why? Because they are the indiscriminate strip-pickings of everything left on the tree after the main harvest is over. There are all types of defectIn coffee, a defect refers to specific preparation problems with the green coffee, or a flavor problem found in the cupping process. Bad seeds in the green coffee... ...more beans, under-ripes, over-ripes, bug-infested. We’ll think about trying a high quality, mid-harvest, all-ripe-cherry Mbuni project in the future. But for now … no. This stuff is verbotten. I asked to cup a few lots back in Nairobi, but the smell of the cups alone made it impossible for me to approach within 5 feet of them. Seriously.
I strolled out of the mill to a nearby coffee shamba (smallholder farm) to see the trees, and met a very proud (and very old) farmer named Shellwyth Wanjeri. Her trees were well-pruned using a method that allows it to stay in production while also renewing itself. The tree is stumped at the main trunk except for one dominant older upright, and one new shoot. The old part will continue to produce, grow tall and flop over a bit, while the new shoot will reach 4 feet or so in 2 years with little coffee production. Then the old, tall, flopped-over trunk can be cut, and in the third year the new upright will have good production, well into 8 years of age. Then the process can repeat.
We headed out for Nyeri and the hotel, but not before passing through Karatina town and taking the obligatory picture of the Hotel Starbucks … or would you rather stay at the Chicken Inn. The choice is yours, man.
Next day we toured the CKCM mill with Charles, the mill manager, as well as their demonstration garden. It features the nice pruning techniques I already described, and a pure SL-28 nursery. We also had some cupping to do, very fresh lots that were recently brought in from nearby Nyeri farms. As in Nairobi, the overall quality was really stellar, hinting at a strong year for Kenya coffee (unlike every where else it seems, were volumes are way down). We headed off to Rumukia Co-operative Society in Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District. They have some great factories under their banner, ones we have enjoyed much in the past, such as Kiawamururu, Gatura, Thunguri, Tambaya and others. We had cupped really nice Kiawamururu coffees already so we headed out there with Patrick, the president of the sub-coop and Peter, the manager of the factory.
It’s a good time to sum up the Kenya wet-process method, which is different than other places. In Kenya, they use long fermentationFermentation in coffee processing traditionally referred to the stage in wet-processing of the coffee. We now understand that fermentation happens more broadly in nearly all processes, including honey... ...more times, and an unusual soaking process afterwards. All the wet mills are on slight hills and the first row of tanks are for overnight, initial fermentation. Coffee from the day’s harvest comes in at evening time, then it is sorted out at the mill for any under-ripe or CBD bitten cherries. Coffee is logged in by the mill to ensure proper payment to the farmer, then collected in cement bins and run through the pulper/grader, which removes skins from the fruit, and does some basic separation of the heavier (riper, more mature) cherryEither a flavor in the coffee, or referring to the fruit of the coffee tree, which somewhat resembles a red cherry.: Either a flavor in the coffee, or... ...more from lighter (floating) underripe ones. This results in 3 different streams of graded coffee seeds emerging from the pulper, washed down cement channels into separate tanks. Coffee is left overnight in the initial tank, and then is washed down into a lower series of tanks for more fermentation, lasting as long as 36 hours! (In Central America, coffee is rarely fermentedAs a defect flavor, a fruit quality in a coffee that is excessively ripe, toward rotten. Fermented flavor can be the result of poor wet-processing, over-ripe cherry, or... ...more more than 24 hours total).
Water is changed in the tank every 12 hours, but they use filtered, recycled water which maintains the fermentation reactions. After this the coffee is sent to the washing channel, where the fruityIn some coffee taster’s lexicon, “fruity” means the coffee is tainted with fruit, and “fruited” means a coffee is graced by positive fruit notes. We don't exactly see... ...more mucilageMucilage indicates the fruity layer of the coffee cherry, between the outer skin and the parchment layer that surrounds the seed. It readily clings to the inner parchment... ...more layer that clings so vigorously to the coffee parchmentGreen coffee still in its outer shell, before dry-milling, is called Parchment coffee (pergamino). In the wet process, coffee is peeled, fermented, washed and then ready for drying... ...more layer is now easily scrubbed off as the coffee is pushed down the channel. Now it goes to a soaking tank, where it is held in clean water for 12 hours. It can actually be held for as much as 48 hours here, if the drying beds are filled with coffee, as can happen in the middle of the harvest. The water is changed so that little or no fermentation is occuring. I mean, technically there is nothing left to fermentAs an aroma or flavor in coffee, ferment is a defect taste, resulting from bad processing or other factors. Ferment is the sour, often vinegar-like, that results from... ...more, but they feel that the soaking tank finishes off any small amount of fermentation that is needed. The coffee is then washed down channels again to the triage point where it is dumped onto a large screen, like a mesh gurney, and transported to an available space on the raised drying screens. The key difference here is the extraordinarily long fermentation time. And yet the resulting coffee (usually) has one of the brightest, cleanest cup profiles in the world!
We had one more co-op society to visit, Tekangu, which stands for the 3 member factories: Karagoto, Tegu, and Ngunguru. The first two we have bought before, and they can be excellent coffees. Here I enjoyed a most memorable ginger beer called Stoney Tangawizi. I looked it up on the internet when I got home; it’s made by Coke. So much for original experiences.
It was a short but fruitful trip, and one thing I learned about Kenya that will make me want to come back is a side-story to the whole coffee thing. I mean Kenya coffee, world’s finest, great auction system, Grand Cru, black currant, blah, blah, blah. But where else can you find a butcher and a pub under the shingle of one business??? What about Hair Plaza College & Beauty Therapy + Boarding! Mob House Motorcycle and Powersaw Spares, yo! Nameless Hotel? Chapbucks and the Chicken Inn? Seniors Driving School for Trucks? And don’t get me started on the vans and minibuses. Kenya is an eye-popping good time, despite the huge gap in classes, threat of ethnic warfare, bad colonial vibe, Fort Knox level security around the ex-pat mansions, kidnappings, carjackings, and a general level of suspicion not found in Ethiopia. In that way, it’s pretty much the West Oakland of Africa, I would say. -Tom March 2009
Photos from Kenya Coffee Cupping & Comments from a Quick Trip:
Tim Wendelboe, Peter DuPont, Bridget and Tom – In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya 
Bridget Carrington, cupper and coffee trader shows us their scoring system – In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Cleaning the cups – In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Arabic coffee service set at the exporter office – In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Staggering amounts of coffee – we did 3 sets like this! – In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Sample roasting like mad – In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Peter and Tim, from the North – Peter and Tim, In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya The sample room – In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Pouring the water for cupping – Cupping coffee In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Thompson Owen in the cupping room of the exporter – Cupping coffee In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Kennedy and Tom, cuppers in Nairobi – Cupping coffee In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Stacking up the samples – In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Detail of the sample tins – Cupping coffee In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya More sample tins – Cupping coffee In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya About 6 workers just for the liquoring department – Cupping In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Part of the sample shelving – In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Grinding samples in the Mahlkonig – Cupping coffee In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Sample coffee roaster in action – 5 barrel Probat electric – Cupping coffee In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Tom grading the green samples – Cupping coffee In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Bridget Carrington in action – Cupping coffee In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Jeremy Block, the head of the office at C. Dorman – Cupping coffee In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Bridget, with Jeremy Block in the background – Cupping coffee In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Bobs Ladies Hotel – Kenya Oil Libya, NOT in the United States – In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Glory truck driving school – In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Gods promise is “please don’t rearend me!” – In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Super cool airbrush – In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya 
Ponchos and Masai Chukas, in Ruiru – In Ruiru, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Packed with passion? – In Ruiru, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Yadini Coffee Estate Old SL 28 Trees – Yadini Coffee Estate in Ruiru, Kenya Kenya New Ruiru 11 Trees – Yadini Coffee Estate in Ruiru, Kenya Kenya Firey, Rank and Full? – Yadini Coffee Estate in Ruiru, Kenya Kenya In case you switch over to the other side… – Yadini Coffee Estate in Ruiru, Kenya Kenya Kamau Kuria, Managing Director at CMS services – At Yadini Estate, managed by the professional Coffee Management Service in Ruiru, Kenya Kenya Best spot for the Agronomist! – At Yadini Estate, managed by the professional Coffee Management Service in Ruiru, Kenya Kenya Ruiru 11 shrubs – At Yadini Estate, managed by the professional Coffee Management Service in Ruiru, Kenya Kenya Full sun ( as most Kenya are) Ruiru 11 shrubs. – Kenya Ruiru 11 cultivar, detail – At Yadini Estate, in Ruiru, Kenya Kenya Mature Ruiru 11 cultivar – At Yadini Estate, in Ruiru, Kenya Kenya SL-28 Cultivar – At Yadini Estate, in Ruiru, Kenya Kenya Old stumped SL-28 Cultivar – At Yadini Estate, in Ruiru, Kenya Kenya Detail of SL-28 Cultivar – At Yadini Estate, in Ruiru, Kenya Kenya Faithland Fashions, you betcha – In Ruiru area, Kenya Kenya 
Gotta love your Ag – In Ruiru area, Kenya Kenya Chomazone, Goat Meat, Ready Fryed – In Ruiru area, Kenya Kenya Meeting at New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Cooperative – New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Cooperative, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya Map of Gatukuyu Coop Society – New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Cooperative, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya Swank BOD photo – New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Cooperative, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya Office ladies of New Gatukuyu – At New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Coffee Coop, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya Ruiru 11 at New Gatukuyu Society – New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Cooperative, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya SL-28 green cherry, with one unlikely ripe one – At New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Coffee Coop, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya Stumped SL-28 coffee trunk – New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Cooperative, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya SL-28 clumps of unripe green coffee fruits – At New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Coffee Coop, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya Ruiru 11 Flower, with Bee – New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Cooperative, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya Crowded, continuous Ruiru 11 green coffee fruit – At New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Coffee Coop, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya Another view of the continuous cherry down the branch of Ruiru 11 – At New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Coffee Coop, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya SL-28 new leaf tips – New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Cooperative, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya Detail of SL-28 new leaf tips – New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Cooperative, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya Giant bee-like insect on the coffee flowers – New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Cooperative, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya Green tips of Ruiru 11, but on shaded plants they are brown! – New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Cooperative, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya The co-op van – At New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Coffee Coop, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya Butterfly on the new coffee flowers – New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Cooperative, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya The groovy door text – At New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Coffee Coop, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya SL-28 bronze tips in the shade – At New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Coffee Coop, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya Gatukuyu workers – At New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Coffee Coop, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya Raised beds and red earth of Gatundu area – At New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Coffee Coop, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya Gatukuyu workers pose for a picture – At New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Coffee Coop, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya Bronze tips of Ruiru 11 in the shade – in the sun they are green! – At New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Coffee Coop, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya The leaders of the coop – At New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Coffee Coop, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya Da boss of Gatukuyu coop coffee society – At New Gatukuyu Farmer’s Coffee Coop, Gatundu, Kenya (Near Thika) Kenya Golden Butchery in Ruiru – En route from Ruiru coffee area to Nairobi, Kenya Kenya A coffee dry mill owned by Socfinaf – Across the way, a mill owned by the large company Socfinaf, that owns Oaklands estate and lots of others as well as a large dry mill in Nairobi. Kenya Silent Flow, Batista Unleashed. – Typical crazy ass minivan in Kenya Kenya Just a reminder, from Nestle – En route from Ruiru back to Nairobi Kenya Kenya Hmmm … Seniors do need a driving school, but? – En route from Ruiru back to Nairobi Kenya Kenya The Brilliant Institute! – En route from Ruiru back to Nairobi Kenya Kenya Paradiso Perdido! – En route from Ruiru back to Nairobi Kenya Kenya May favorite. It reads “Glamour House and General Workshop” – En route from Ruiru back to Nairobi Kenya Kenya Who is that supposed to be? – En route from Ruiru back to Nairobi Kenya Kenya Wrestlemania in Kenya – En route from Ruiru back to Nairobi Kenya Kenya No guns here… – En route from Ruiru back to Nairobi Kenya Kenya Makes sense to me … – En route from Ruiru back to Nairobi Kenya Kenya Mbuni coffee, Kenya dry processed, picked at the end of the harvest, cruddy quality. – Cupping at the exporter in Nairobi, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Chapbucks, serving Starbucks (?) – Around Nairobi, Kenya Kenya John Muli, Kenya Barista Champion 2009 – At the C. Dorman green coffee warehouse and roasting works in Nairobi, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Amos, head of the coffee warehosue in Nairobi – At the C. Dorman green coffee warehouse and roasting works in Nairobi, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya T. Owen, in swank lab jacket on a factory tour – At the C. Dorman green coffee warehouse and roasting works in Nairobi, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya The vacuum packing line for green coffee at the warehouse – At the C. Dorman green coffee warehouse and roasting works in Nairobi, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Tim Wendelboe, ex barista champ, weighs in for the next battle – At the C. Dorman green coffee warehouse and roasting works in Nairobi, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Tiny ol’ 90 kg Probat roaster – At the C. Dorman green coffee warehouse and roasting works in Nairobi, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Another view of the Probat G 90 – At the C. Dorman green coffee warehouse and roasting works in Nairobi, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Packing instant coffee in Nairobi, yum – At the C. Dorman green coffee warehouse and roasting works in Nairobi, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Quality lab at the warehouse, Geoffry is in charge, James to the left, assists – At the C. Dorman green coffee warehouse and roasting works in Nairobi, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Nice 5 barrel Probat sample roaster – At the C. Dorman green coffee warehouse and roasting works in Nairobi, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Everything you need to test green or roasted coffee – At the C. Dorman green coffee warehouse and roasting works in Nairobi, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Stuffing a very full container in Nairobi – At the C. Dorman green coffee warehouse and roasting works in Nairobi, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya The auction board sounds like an ’80s video game! – A Tuesday visit to the Kenya main crop coffee auction in Nairobi Kenya The KPCU logo at the Kenya coffee auction – A Tuesday visit to the Kenya main crop coffee auction in Nairobi Kenya Mincing Lane is where coffee and tea was traded in the UK. – A Tuesday visit to the Kenya main crop coffee auction in Nairobi Kenya The stadium style seating, and the auction board. – A Tuesday visit to the Kenya main crop coffee auction in Nairobi Kenya Sale 19 auction notice – A Tuesday visit to the Kenya main crop coffee auction in Nairobi Kenya A polite notice – A Tuesday visit to the Kenya main crop coffee auction in Nairobi Kenya Staggering amount of samples for 2 weeks worth of auctions, in the sample room upstairs – A Tuesday visit to the Kenya main crop coffee auction in Nairobi Kenya The auction has a max of 650 lots each week – A Tuesday visit to the Kenya main crop coffee auction in Nairobi Kenya A hearse / bus – En route from Nairobi to Nyeri, via Thika, Murang’a, and Kirinyaga, Kenya Kenya Bring the noise … – En route from Nairobi to Nyeri, via Thika, Murang’a, and Kirinyaga, Kenya Kenya Dog pound … behind the men’s room… – En route from Nairobi to Nyeri, via Thika, Murang’a, and Kirinyaga, Kenya Kenya Word! – En route from Nairobi to Nyeri, via Thika, Murang’a, and Kirinyaga, Kenya Kenya Fetish Bus – En route from Nairobi to Nyeri, via Thika, Murang’a, and Kirinyaga, Kenya Kenya Other fetish bus – En route from Nairobi to Nyeri, via Thika, Murang’a, and Kirinyaga, Kenya Kenya Thika coffee mills is a big outfit, and an exporter – En route from Nairobi to Nyeri, via Thika, Murang’a, and Kirinyaga, Kenya Kenya Typical Murang’a coffee area landscape – En route from Nairobi to Nyeri, via Thika, Murang’a, and Kirinyaga, Kenya Kenya More funky bus themes – En route from Nairobi to Nyeri, via Thika, Murang’a, and Kirinyaga, Kenya Kenya Near Kirinyaga coffee area – En route from Nairobi to Nyeri, via Thika, Murang’a, and Kirinyaga, Kenya Kenya Kirinyaga coffee landscape – En route from Nairobi to Nyeri, via Thika, Murang’a, and Kirinyaga, Kenya Kenya What you need … – Kenya Where everybody knows your name … – Near Karatina Town in the Nyeri District of Central Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Kid at the kolorful keyboard – Near Karatina Town in the Nyeri District of Central Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Kangocho Coffee Factory Coop, Karatina – Near Karatina Town in the Nyeri District of Central Kenya, March 2009 Kenya 
Anointed House Hold (buckets, basins, tubs) – Near Karatina Town in the Nyeri District of Central Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Sorting Mbuni (dry processed Kenya coffee) at Kangocho coop – Near Karatina Town in the Nyeri District of Central Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Typical Karatina, Nyeri coffee “shamba” – Near Karatina Town in the Nyeri District of Central Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Entrance to Gikanada FCS headquarters at Gichathaini Factory – At Gikanada Farmers Cooperative Society (at Gachatha-Ini coffee factory, Karatina, Nyeri, Kenya. Kenya Charles, president of the Gikanda coffee coop – At Gikanada Farmers Cooperative Society (at Gachatha-Ini coffee factory, Karatina, Nyeri, Kenya. Kenya Karatina, Nyeri coffee farm landscape – At Gikanada Farmers Cooperative Society (at Gachatha-Ini coffee factory, Karatina, Nyeri, Kenya. Kenya Charles Mwangi Mwea, GM of the Central Kenya Coffee Mill in Karatina, Kenya – Central Kenya Coffee Mill in Nyeri, Kenya Kenya James, the manager of all 3 factories (mills) at Gachathaini – At Gikanada Farmers Cooperative Society (at Gachatha-Ini coffee factory, Karatina, Nyeri, Kenya. Kenya After fermentation, coffee is soaked in fresh water for 12-16 hours, sometimes up to 48 hours – At Gikanada Farmers Cooperative Society (at Gachatha-Ini coffee factory, Karatina, Nyeri, Kenya. Kenya The Kenya wet process system involves many, many fermentation tanks and long ferm. times – At Gikanada Farmers Cooperative Society (at Gachatha-Ini coffee factory, Karatina, Nyeri, Kenya. Kenya There is a separate receiving tank for cherries that might have CBD and those that do not. – At Gikanada Farmers Cooperative Society (at Gachatha-Ini coffee factory, Karatina, Nyeri, Kenya. Kenya Charles hold’s the record of a picker’s coffee cherry deliveries, which guarantee his fair share of coffee sold at the auction – At Gikanada Farmers Cooperative Society (at Gachatha-Ini coffee factory, Karatina, Nyeri, Kenya. Kenya Classic bicycles of Nyeri – At Gikanada Farmers Cooperative Society (at Gachatha-Ini coffee factory, Karatina, Nyeri, Kenya. Kenya At the receiving point for cherry, farmers are divided into A and B groups, depending on the quality of their farm and their pickings. – At Gikanada Farmers Cooperative Society (at Gachatha-Ini coffee factory, Karatina, Nyeri, Kenya. Kenya New metal dry beds are more sturdy, easy to clean and will last a long time. – At Gikanada Farmers Cooperative Society (at Gachatha-Ini coffee factory, Karatina, Nyeri, Kenya. Kenya Good ol’ Ebenezer and his butchery. Butchers are often pubs too in Kenya – Karatina, Nyeri, 2009 Kenya Pondering a coffee bag – At Ndaroini coffee factory (wet mill), part of the Gikanada Coffee Farmer Coop Society in Karatina, Nyeri district, Kenya Kenya Mbuni coffee at Ndaroini factory – At Ndaroini coffee factory (wet mill), part of the Gikanada Coffee Farmer Coop Society in Karatina, Nyeri district, Kenya Kenya Big haul at Ndaroini – At Ndaroini coffee factory (wet mill), part of the Gikanada Coffee Farmer Coop Society in Karatina, Nyeri district, Kenya Kenya Wet process tanks at Ndaroini – At Ndaroini coffee factory (wet mill), part of the Gikanada Coffee Farmer Coop Society in Karatina, Nyeri district, Kenya Kenya Sorting Mbuni dry process coffee – At Ndaroini coffee factory (wet mill), part of the Gikanada Coffee Farmer Coop Society in Karatina, Nyeri district, Kenya Kenya Typical stepped, covered wet process fermentation tanks at Ndaroini – At Ndaroini coffee factory (wet mill), part of the Gikanada Coffee Farmer Coop Society in Karatina, Nyeri district, Kenya Kenya Bird on the beds – At Ndaroini coffee factory (wet mill), part of the Gikanada Coffee Farmer Coop Society in Karatina, Nyeri district, Kenya Kenya No Smooking at Ndaroini – Kenya Exploring the parchment coffee warehouse at Ndaroini – Kenya Homemade Ndaroini bags – At Ndaroini coffee factory (wet mill), part of the Gikanada Coffee Farmer Coop Society in Karatina, Nyeri district, Kenya Kenya Drying beds with new improved metal ones in the foreground, and Ndaroini – At Ndaroini coffee factory (wet mill), part of the Gikanada Coffee Farmer Coop Society in Karatina, Nyeri district, Kenya Kenya Ditto – At Ndaroini coffee factory (wet mill), part of the Gikanada Coffee Farmer Coop Society in Karatina, Nyeri district, Kenya Kenya Poster of coffee cherry reception – At Ndaroini coffee factory (wet mill), part of the Gikanada Coffee Farmer Coop Society in Karatina, Nyeri district, Kenya Kenya Purty tree at Ndaroini factory – At Ndaroini coffee factory (wet mill), part of the Gikanada Coffee Farmer Coop Society in Karatina, Nyeri district, Kenya Kenya George Howell in the house at Ndaroini, circa 1993! – At Ndaroini coffee factory (wet mill), part of the Gikanada Coffee Farmer Coop Society in Karatina, Nyeri district, Kenya Kenya Typical SL-28 coffee tree – At an Ndaroini coffee society smallholder coffee shamba, Karatina, Nyeri district, Kenya Kenya Farmer’s cow – At an Ndaroini coffee society smallholder coffee shamba, Karatina, Nyeri district, Kenya Kenya Ndaroini coffee farmers dog – At an Ndaroini coffee society smallholder coffee shamba, Karatina, Nyeri district, Kenya Kenya Shellwyth, an Ndaroini smallholder coffee farmer – At an Ndaroini coffee society smallholder coffee shamba, Karatina, Nyeri district, Kenya Kenya 50 year old SL-28 trunk – At an Ndaroini coffee society smallholder coffee shamba, Karatina, Nyeri district, Kenya Kenya Good pruning method for old SL-28 trees – At an Ndaroini coffee society smallholder coffee shamba, Karatina, Nyeri district, Kenya Kenya Coffee poser at Ndaroini coop – At an Ndaroini coffee society smallholder coffee shamba, Karatina, Nyeri district, Kenya Kenya Hotel Starbucks / Chicken Inn – Karatina Kenya – Near Karatina town, En route from Nairobi to Nyeri Kenya 
Typical view of Karatina section of Nyeri, with red earth, and Mt. Kenya obscured in clouds – Near Karatina town, En route from Nairobi to Nyeri Kenya Dik Dik Kinyozi for Modern Hair Cuts – Near Karatina town, En route from Nairobi to Nyeri Kenya 
Mama Morris loves pink and yellow – Not really – the painting is sponsored by Zain, a cell provider and that is their colors. Near Karatina town, En route from Nairobi to Nyeri Kenya Promised Butchery. What are they promising? No Ecoli? – Near Karatina town, En route from Nairobi to Nyeri Kenya Wonderful Food Store. Hmmm… – Near Karatina town, En route from Nairobi to Nyeri Kenya 
Talking Burgers want Peptang! – In Nyeri town, En route from Nairobi to Nyeri Kenya Smile Tech: email, browsing, training, games, photocopy, repair, scanning, blank discs, typesetting – near Nyeri town, En route from Nairobi to Nyeri Kenya Word from the Central Province – In Nyeri town, En route from Nairobi to Nyeri Kenya Not just any miracle center – MAXIMUM Miracle Center – In Nyeri town, En route from Nairobi to Nyeri Kenya Crazy driving school truck. Why are there so many driving schools here? – In Nyeri town, En route from Nairobi to Nyeri Kenya Josani is no fool … – In Nyeri town, En route from Nairobi to Nyeri, March 2009 Kenya Sasani is the choice at “Mum’s Shop” – In Nyeri, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Uncle Ben has a shop now – In Nyeri, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Typical roadway in coffeelands, Muthira section of Nyeri district – In Nyeri, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya CKCM: Central Kenya Coffee Mill, Mathira, Nyeri – at Central Kenya Coffee Mill, Mathira, Nyeri, Kenya Kenya CKCM: Central Kenya Coffee Mill, Mathira, Nyeri – at Central Kenya Coffee Mill, Mathira, Nyeri, Kenya Kenya The dry mill equipment at Central Kenya Coffee Mill is very impressive – CKCM: Central Kenya Coffee Mill, Mathira, Nyeri, Kenya Kenya At Central Kenya Coffee Mill, chaotic stacks of parchment coffee – at Central Kenya Coffee Mill, Mathira, Nyeri, Kenya Kenya Charles, CKCM coffee mill manager shows us the demostration plot. – at Central Kenya Coffee Mill, Mathira, Nyeri, Kenya Kenya Nursery at CKCM mill is 100 SL-28 cultivar – Test garden at Central Kenya Coffee Mill, Mathira, Nyeri, Kenya Kenya Ruiru 11 cultivar, not a favorite of the cupper, is about 5 of all high grown Kenyas – Test garden at Central Kenya Coffee Mill, Mathira, Nyeri, Kenya Kenya 100 SL-28 cultivar at CKCM nursery – Test garden at Central Kenya Coffee Mill, Mathira, Nyeri, Kenya Kenya Some Ruiru 11 show broze-sih tips, some are green – Test garden at Central Kenya Coffee Mill, Mathira, Nyeri, Kenya Kenya Coffee and typical managed tree forests at Matira Nyeri – Test garden at Central Kenya Coffee Mill, Mathira, Nyeri, Kenya Kenya SL-28 coffee tips at CKCM – Test garden at Central Kenya Coffee Mill, Mathira, Nyeri, Kenya Kenya SL-28 coffee tips at CKCM, sometimes green, sometimes more bronze. – Test garden at Central Kenya Coffee Mill, Mathira, Nyeri, Kenya Kenya Do not eat drink chew … – at Central Kenya Coffee Mill, Mathira, Nyeri, Kenya Kenya SL-28 coffee tree at CKCM – Test garden at Central Kenya Coffee Mill, Mathira, Nyeri, Kenya Kenya Sample bags, with many familiar names – Cupping at Central Kenya Coffee Mill, Mathira, Nyeri, Kenya Kenya Ernest Njuguna, head of the coffee lab at CKCM – Cupping at Central Kenya Coffee Mill, Mathira, Nyeri, Kenya Kenya Ernest Njuguna, head of the coffee lab at CKCM – Cupping at Central Kenya Coffee Mill, Mathira, Nyeri, Kenya Kenya Landscape of Karatina sub-district, Nyeri, Kenya – Kenya Thompson cupping at the Nyeri lab – Cupping at Central Kenya Coffee Mill, Mathira, Nyeri, Kenya Kenya Thompson and Peter (from the Coffee Collective) cupping at CKCM, Nyeri – Cupping at Central Kenya Coffee Mill, Mathira, Nyeri, Kenya Kenya Landscape of Karatina sub-district, Nyeri, Kenya – Kenya A fair deal sounds good … – Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Would you stay there? Not I… – Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Competing signage of Nyeri – Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Music, Salon, Cosmetics, Nyeri – Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya A meeting at Rumukia Cooperative, Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri – At Rumukia Cooperative Society in Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya A meeting with the Rumukia coffe factory heads. – At Rumukia Cooperative Society in Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya What they can do for you, make flour… – At Rumukia Cooperative Society in Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya A flour mill shop in Kiahungu town, Nyeri – At Rumukia Cooperative Society in Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya The silent bar, a really happening place in Kiahungu town – At Rumukia Cooperative Society in Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya King David was a butcher, it seems. Kiahungu town, Nyeri – Near Rumukia Cooperative Society in Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Honey Pot Centre – Near Rumukia Cooperative Society in Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Scarey van in Kiahungu town, Nyeri – At Rumukia Cooperative Society in Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Detail image of Hair Salon, Kiahungu town – At Rumukia Cooperative Society in Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya 
I kept reading it as “Fragile Hair Salon” – Near Rumukia Cooperative Society in Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Killer drawings in Kiahungu town – Hair dresser – At Rumukia Cooperative Society in Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Ditto, great hair salon drawerings, Kiahungu town, Nyeri – Near Rumukia Cooperative Society in Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya 
Jonaki’s has sofasets, wardrobes, ready coffins! – Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Bro! You gotta hair salon in Kiahungu town, Nyeri – Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Peter, the Kiawamururu manager, and Patrick, the coop representative. – At Kiawamururu cooperative coffee factory, in Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Sign for Maganjo Factory, part of Rumukia FCS – Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya At Kiawamururu, a corny leadership xerox – At Kiawamururu cooperative coffee factory, in Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya View of drying beds at Kiawamururu, Mt. Kenya obscured in clouds in the background – At Kiawamururu cooperative coffee factory, in Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Snazzy computer covers, at Kiawamururu – At Kiawamururu cooperative coffee factory, in Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Kenya coffee is beholden to pesticides and fungicides, there’s no way around it. – At Kiawamururu cooperative coffee factory, in Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Typical 3 disc McKinnon pulper and grader at Kiawamururu – At Kiawamururu cooperative coffee factory, in Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Persistent little coffee seedling in the washing channel at Kiawamururu – At Kiawamururu cooperative coffee factory, in Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Kiawamururu town signs, the town is like 6 half vacant buildings – Kiawamururu, Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Typical coffee landscape at Kiawamururu, Nyeri – Kiawamururu coffee growing area, Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Funeral Services, including “body lowering gear” – Kiawamururu, Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya 
All the world’s a stage … – At Kiahungu town in Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Mbuzi and Kuku, when you need it. – Kenya 
Beware the Mob House! – En route between Mukurwe-Ini and Karatina, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya I wouldn’t stay there either … – En route between Mukurwe-Ini and Karatina, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Mukurwe-Ini loves the truth – En route between Mukurwe-Ini and Karatina, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Typical Nyeri coffee growing landscape – En route between Mukurwe-Ini and Karatina, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 Kenya Tekangu Coffee Farmer’s Coop Society – Tekangu Coffee Farmer’s Coop Society, Karatina, Nyeri Kenya Nosmo – At the Tekangu Coffee Farmer’s Coop Society, Karatina, Nyeri http://www.livinginfilth.com http://www.livinginfilth.com Kenya Neat bike at Tekangu – At the Tekangu Coffee Farmer’s Coop Society, Karatina, Nyeri Kenya Hatari! Hatari! – At the Tekangu Coffee Farmer’s Coop Society, Karatina, Nyeri Kenya Stay away from the loot. – At the Tekangu Coffee Farmer’s Coop Society, Karatina, Nyeri Kenya The Board at Tekangu, John , the pres. is in the center – At the Tekangu Coffee Farmer’s Coop Society, Karatina, Nyeri Kenya Stoney Tangawizi, and excellent ginger beer in Kenya – Too bad it is now made by Coke . At the Tekangu Coffee Farmer’s Coop Society, Karatina, Nyeri Kenya Kamau shows the coffee farmer’s earning chart at Tekangu – At the Tekangu Coffee Farmer’s Coop Society, Karatina, Nyeri Kenya Important information; exactly how much the coop returns to the farmers. – At the Tekangu Coffee Farmer’s Coop Society, Karatina, Nyeri Kenya The drying beds at Karagoto coffee factory – At the Tekangu Coffee Farmer’s Coop Society, Karatina, Nyeri Kenya Cherry Hopper 2, at Karagoto Coffee Factory – At the Tekangu Coffee Farmer’s Coop Society, Karatina, Nyeri Kenya Karagoto coffee landscaoe – At the Tekangu Coffee Farmer’s Coop Society, Karatina, Nyeri Kenya Entrance to Gatomboya factory – in Karatina area, Nyeri Kenya A cupping room warning … – Cupping at Central Kenya Coffee Mill, Mathira, Nyeri, Kenya Kenya Hair Plaza College & Beauty Therapy + Boarding! – En route from Nyeri back to Nairobi via Thika, on a trip to farms; Kenya March 2009 Kenya The reality shop … if you wondered it is in Nyeri, Kenya – En route from Nyeri back to Nairobi via Thika, on a trip to farms; Kenya March 2009 Kenya The Elephant welcomes you to his castle. – En route from Nyeri back to Nairobi via Thika, on a trip to farms; Kenya March 2009 Kenya Groan … on the tourist route to Mt Kenya National Park – En route from Nyeri back to Nairobi via Thika, on a trip to farms; Kenya March 2009 Kenya Kenya kids are a bit shy and reserved, unlike Ethiopia kids who really like to have their picture taken – En route from Nyeri back to Nairobi via Thika, on a trip to farms; Kenya March 2009 Kenya Coffee landscape around Kangocho farm – En route from Nyeri back to Nairobi via Thika, on a trip to farms; Kenya March 2009 Kenya A community project funded largely by fair trade proceeds and a grant from Volcafe – En route from Nyeri back to Nairobi via Thika, on a trip to farms; Kenya March 2009 Kenya Pishori to you too. – En route from Nyeri back to Nairobi via Thika, on a trip to farms; Kenya March 2009 Kenya Neato truck paintings in Thika area. – En route from Nyeri back to Nairobi via Thika, on a trip to farms; Kenya March 2009 Kenya Nice Supermarket in Thika – En route from Nyeri back to Nairobi via Thika, on a trip to farms; Kenya March 2009 Kenya 
Nescafe is everywhere. – En route from Nyeri back to Nairobi via Thika, on a trip to farms; Kenya March 2009 Kenya Beef hotdog, about 12 cents – En route from Nyeri back to Nairobi via Thika, on a trip to farms; Kenya March 2009 http://www.livinginfilth.com http://www.livinginfilth.com Kenya Big coffee estate near Thika district, Kenya – En route from Nyeri back to Nairobi via Thika, on a trip to farms; Kenya March 2009 Kenya Hand-painted hair-do signs. – En route from Nyeri back to Nairobi via Thika, on a trip to farms; Kenya March 2009 http://www.livinginfilth.com http://www.livinginfilth.com Kenya Large Thika district coffee estate – En route from Nyeri back to Nairobi via Thika, on a trip to farms; Kenya March 2009 Kenya Milton in Thika district – En route from Nyeri back to Nairobi via Thika, on a trip to farms; Kenya March 2009 Kenya Okay, we get … don’t even ask – En route from Nyeri back to Nairobi via Thika, on a trip to farms; Kenya March 2009 Kenya
