New coffees at the roastery: Kenya Inoi Kaguyu and Ethiopia Kurume Natural

We have two new coffees from Africa, and we roast both light for pour-over. Kenya Inoi Kaguyu is all about dark fruit and juiciness. Ethiopia Kurume Natural brings flowers, bergamot and tea. Two completely different cups from the same continent, so it is best to try both.

Kenya Inoi Kaguyu: blackberry, blackcurrant, tea

The first new arrival comes from the Kaguyu washing station in Kirinyaga, in the foothills of Mount Kenya. The station belongs to the Inoi FCS cooperative, which brings together 650 smallholders. The coffee grows at 1,650-1,800 m a.s.l., and the whole station produces around 320 bags of 60 kg a year.

This is classic Kenyan washed processing. The cherries are hand sorted and pulped, and the parchment ferments overnight. It is then washed, graded and dried for 10 to 20 days. The lot includes SL28, SL34, Batian and Ruiru 11.

Blackberry and blackcurrant lead the cup, with a brighter raspberry note. The finish is reminiscent of tea. The coffee scored 88.5 SCA points. It is a coffee for people who enjoy clear fruit and juicy acidity.

Kenya Inoi Kaguyu, 250 g for 68 PLN. More coffees from this country are in our coffee from Kenya category.

Ethiopia Kurume Natural: jasmine, bergamot, black tea

The second new coffee is from Yirgacheffe, in the Gedeo zone of southern Ethiopia. The Kurume lot comes from around 2,000 smallholders whose farms average 0.5-1 ha. The coffee grows at 1,800-2,000 m a.s.l., and the cherries are hand-picked by the farmers’ families.

Yirgacheffe is mostly associated with washed coffees. This lot is natural processed: the beans dry inside the whole cherries and are only then separated from the dried fruit. The fruit gives the bean more sweetness without covering the floral character of the region.

The cup is very delicate: jasmine, bergamot and black tea, with a light, tea-like body. It scored 86.25 SCA points and is Grade 1, the highest grade in the Ethiopian classification. It is a coffee for people looking for flowers and clarity rather than heavy fruit.

Ethiopia Kurume Natural, 200 g for 55 PLN. Our other Ethiopian coffees are in the coffee from Ethiopia category.

Kenya or Ethiopia: which coffee to choose?

If you like fruit and pronounced acidity, start with Kenya. If you prefer a light, floral cup that drinks like tea, go for Ethiopia. We roast both light for drip, Chemex, AeroPress and filter coffee machines.

We explain where the differences between these countries come from in our guides to Kenyan coffee and Ethiopian coffee. We roast coffee fresh twice a week, and the roast date is shown on each coffee’s product page.