Roaster's Tasting Notes: Peach / Light Melon / Perky
Process: Washed
Varieties: SL28 / SL34
Roast Date: July 7
250g / 8.8oz
Prodigal is located in Colorado
From Prodigal
Next up in the 2025 Kenyan hit parade is this lovely offering from Nginda coffee factory. This coffee is ripe with peach flavor up front, followed by a soft note of melon, and perky acidity.
Nginda Coffee Factory, located at 1,600 meters in Murang’a County, benefits from rich red-volcanic soil, moderate rainfall, and cool temperatures — ideal conditions for growing high-quality coffee. Ripe cherries, delivered by smallholder farmers, are processed using the traditional Kenyan washed process, which includes depulping, a brief fermentation for 12–24 hours, and thorough washing and soaking. The factory conserves water by recirculating it and relies on electrical pumps to source water from the nearby Nginda stream. After processing, the parchment coffee is dried on raised beds for 10–22 days.
