The Kenya coffee auctions are a minor miracle, that excellent small lots are put up for sale based on cup quality.
This vintage video is a straight forward document of the 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... Coffee Auction house as it was the first time I visited there … I think it’s 2009.
The Kenya coffee auctions are a minor miracle, that excellent small lots are put up for sale based on cup quality. , and samples are distributed world wide before the bidding begins each tuesday.
It’s like cup of excellenceThe Cup of Excellence is a competition held yearly in many coffee-producing countries, designed to highlight the very best coffees from each origin.: The Cup of Excellence (COE)... on a huge scale, every week, and they have been doing it for decades. Here’s a video of the auction room and sampling room as well.
A short gallery of some other “behind the scenes” aspects of the Kenya coffee trade.
Stuffing a very full container 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 Thompson and Peter (from the Coffee Collective) cupping at CKCM, Nyeri – Cupping at Central Kenya Coffee Mill, Mathira, Nyeri, Kenya Kenya Kamau shows the coffee farmer’s earning chart at Tekangu – At the Tekangu Coffee Farmer’s Coop Society, Karatina, Nyeri Kenya Tekangu Coffee Farmer’s Coop Society – Tekangu Coffee Farmer’s Coop Society, Karatina, Nyeri Kenya A meeting with the Rumukia coffe factory heads. – At Rumukia Cooperative Society in Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri District, Kenya, March 2009 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 James, the manager of all 3 factories (mills) at Gachathaini – At Gikanada Farmers Cooperative Society (at Gachatha-Ini coffee factory, Karatina, Nyeri, Kenya. Kenya The auction has a max of 650 lots each week – A Tuesday visit to the Kenya main crop coffee auction in Nairobi Kenya Important information; exactly how much the coop returns to the farmers. – At the Tekangu Coffee Farmer’s Coop Society, Karatina, Nyeri 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 Packing instant coffee in Nairobi, yum – 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 Amos, head of the coffee warehosue in Nairobi – 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 Ernest Njuguna, head of the coffee lab at CKCM – Cupping 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 Bridget Carrington with Jeremy Block in the background – Cupping coffee at C. Dormans In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya More sample tins – Cupping coffee In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya Kennedy and Tom, cuppers in Nairobi – 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 Sample coffee roaster in action – 5 barrel Probat electric – Cupping coffee In Nairobi, Kenya March 2009 Kenya