Tag Archives: kenya

Roast log: Kenya Muchai

Kenyan coffee is always such a joy to roast! It's still amazing to me that coffee such as this Kenya Muchai are so affordable yet such high quality. The processing and picking in the Muchai is not far from perfect. ...

Photo: Kenya Yara Estate espresso roast dumped at 216 degrees, not quite at second crack

This roast turned out really well... smells super sweet, can't wait to try this one! First crack was at 11:00 at 195 degrees, then it was dumped at 15:00 at 216 degrees, before second crack.

Roast Log: Cup of Excellence & Kenyan Christmas blend

It's almost Christmas... and in fear of running out of coffee I hit the roastery (read: garage) this afternoon to come up with a new blend. What is a Christmas blend?  Any blend you make in December really. Unfortunately I ...

Roast log – Kenya Gethumbwini AA (espresso roast)

Lovely coffee this one, if you're yet to try it, i recommend it. It's not the fruit bowl kind of Kenyan like the Mtaro or the Tinganga, it's more like licorice, aniseed, maybe some blueberry, that kind of thing, but ...