Kiangundo AB kenya

Established in 1968, Kiangundo is one of four washing stations (or factories, as they are called in Kenya) owned by the forward-thinking Kiama Farmers’ Cooperative Society (FCS). Located in the Karatina Municipality of Kenya’s Nyeri County, Kiangundo consistently produces bright, floral coffees that perfectly showcase everything we love about the region’s coffees.

Kiangundo receives coffee cherries from some 800 of the cooperative’s members (50% male, 30% women and 20% youth) who have small farms sitting on the foothills of the extinct Mt. Kenya volcano at 1,700 – 1,800m above sea level. Contributing farmers usually live within a three kilometre radius of the factory, and often deliver by foot, bicycle or motorcycle. Because processing begins at 3:00 PM sharp, most contributors start delivering their crop from 10:00 AM, though this can extend into the afternoon at the peak of the harvest.