BERCO AA - Kenya Filter Coffee

We got this great coffee from Kenya via 'Value coffee' A small importer whogreat importance is attached to fair payment of coffee farmers, transparency, sustainability and social commitmentSo is ourBERCO AAaProject Coffee.For every kilo of green coffee sold, 0.25€ is donated to NGO Crossroads. An organization that supports young people in Kenya without access to education.

The BERCO AA offers everything you could want from a Kenyan coffee.Great fruit flavors, a wholeintense long lasting acidity, ajuicy mouthfeel and a good sweetness.

We taste, above all, a very intenseRhubarb note, accompanied by cherry, currant, pink grapefruit and a floral hibiscus note.

An incredibly delicious, balanced coffee with a great mouthfeel! The body is juicy and pleasantly soft. TheAcidity is intense, sweetness very pronounced. Great refreshing coffee, supercomplex, Excellentyummy!

Also highly recommended as a cold brew!

Aromas: rhubarb, cherry, currant, pink grapefruit, hibiscus

Body: juicy, soft

Roast level: Filter - light

Recommended for:V60, Kalita, Aeropress, Chemex, Origami, Fellow X, Cold Brew and much more...

Cupping Score: 87

Importer:Value Coffee GmbH

Filter coffee from Kenya

• Varieties:SL-28; SL-34;
• producer: Theo Mwangi with son David Kamau Mwangi
• Region:Nyeri, Central Kenya
• Mounting height:1758 masl
• Harvest:2021/22
• Processing:fully washed, hand picked, sun dried on 'raised beds'

Kenya Berco is located in Nyeri, in central Kenya. The farm is family owned. The owners are Theo Mwangi, who is 92 years old, and his wife Esther Kabuari Mwangi. Their son David Kamau Mwangi is the most ambitious of his nine siblings to take over the farm.

Theo started growing coffee in 1965. He bought the land and the coffee plants from departing English settlers. He took out a loan and paid it off over 10 years.

Today, Theo is proud that all of his children have “become something” and that he was able to pay for their schooling and university education with the income from the coffee farm. A success story that we wish all coffee farmers could have.

particularities

Central Kenya is the hotspot for coffee in Kenya. What makes Kenya Berco special is the variety. Only the SL-28/34 variety is grown there. Some of the trees are 70 years old. The older the coffee tree, the more cherries it bears. Many farmers in western Kenya normally pick between 2.5 and 5 kilos per tree. But Theo sometimes picks up to 40 kilos per tree.

Key Achievements

• 2021: First contact through son David in Nairobi.
• 2022: Visit to the farm in Nyeri. Wertkaffe became a partner for Berco's direct sales. The entire 2021/22 harvest was purchased.

Cupping

Rhubarb, intensely fruity, long aftertaste, high fruity acidity, juicy body, high sweetness

Generally

• Region: Nyeri, Central Kenya
• Mounting height: 1758 masl
• GPS coordinates: 0.4144S 36.9886E
• Arabica variety: SL-28, SL-34
• Harvest time: September to January
• Processing: handpicked, fully washed, sun dried on raised beds Trading relationship since: 2022
• Project donation: 0.25€/kg green coffee will be donated to the NGO

V60 and origami with V60 paper

• Brew Ratio 1:16; 20g coffee - 320g water; temperature 94°; 23 clicks
• 0:00 - 0:10 60ml
• 0:10 - 0:35 (Blooming)
• 0:35 - 1:00 140ml
• 1:10 - 1:25 60ml -
• 1:40 -1:50 60ml

- followed by a short spin

• 2:40 finished

Kalita, Fellow X and origami with Kalita paper:

• Brew Ratio 1:17; 20g coffee - 340g water; temperature 94°; 24 clicks
• 0:00 - 0:10 60ml
• 0:10 - 0:35 (Blooming)
• 0:35 - 1:10 160ml
• 1:15 - 1:45 120ml followed by a short spin
• 2:45 finished

AeroPress:

• AeroPress inverted.
• 17g coffee; ( 18 clicks)
• Pour in 65ml water (87°)
• Stir briefly and fill up to 220ml, stir again
• Start pressing slowly at 1:10 minutes and finish at 1:45 minutes.

Chemex 3 Cup

• 20g coffee
• 330ml water
• Water temperature 96°
• 3:30 minutes extraction time including blooming
• 3 pours

Hario Switch 03

• 25g coffee (27 clicks)
• 400ml water (94°)
• No Bloom
• Fill water completely
• Let it brew for 2:30 minutes
• Stir a few times at the top with a spoon
• Let water run through for 3:00 minutes.

The run through time should be a maximum of 1 minute (adjust the grinding level if necessary)

Cold Brew

In any case ;-)