KII

Notes of blackcurrant, tangelo and date

Producer: Smallholders
REGION: Kirinyaga
HARVEST: October - November
VARIETY:SL28, SL34
ALTITUDE: 1,620 MASL
PROCESS: WASHED

Sitting in the lush hills of Kirinyaga, just outside Embu, Kii has quietly built a reputation for producing some of the region’s most polished and balanced coffees. It’s part of the Rungeto Farmers’ Co-op, and serves a tight-knit network of smallholder farmers from nearby villages—most tending a mix of SL28 and SL34 trees on tiny family plots.

The factory itself has been running since the late ’60s and operates like clockwork: cherries are pulped with river water, fermented overnight, then given the full Kenyan soak before drying on raised beds. There’s a calm efficiency to Kii, and you can taste it in the cup—everything feels dialled in.

We’ve featured Kii a few times over the years, and this release might just be the best yet—layered, composed, and effortlessly clean. Not a big, booming showstopper—just quietly excellent from start to finish.

We roast coffee fresh each Monday, if stock has sold out we will ship the following roast day. Please refer to our shipping page for more information.