Iria-Ini lies in Nyeri County, Kenya, in the Mathira Constituency. Its name means place of milk in the local language, and the Iria-Ini Farmers' Cooperative Society works at 1,700 to 1,900 meters with hundreds of smallholder farmers, some with just 100 trees, who bring their harvest on foot or by motorcycle. Since 1958, the family run Kamavindi Coffee Lab has partnered with the cooperative, offering post harvest training and direct access to international markets.
For this lot, ripe cherries are sorted, depulped and left to a 36-hour dry fermentation before washing, then sun dried on raised beds for 14 to 21 days with careful turning and hand sorting. The cooperative runs three washing stations, Kiamwangi, Kamunyaka and Miiri, each named after its village.
In the cup, the vibrant acidity typical of Nyeri opens onto blackcurrant, mandarin and pink grapefruit.
