Flavour Notes: Blackberry, Gooseberry, Grape Origin: Meru County, Kenya Producer: Mutheru Factory Processing: Washed Farm: Smallholder farms in the Mutheru Factory Washing Station: Mutheru Factory Variety: SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11 Altitude: 1600 - 1800 m.a.s.l. Roast Profile: Filter Roast Degree: Light

From the foothills of Meru County, Mutheru Factory is a small, community-focused washing station working with local smallholders to produce classically expressive Kenyan coffee. Ripe cherries are carefully hand-sorted, depulped, fully washed, and slow-dried on raised beds — a method that preserves the hallmark Kenyan profile of vivid fruit, high clarity, and a beautifully clean finish.

This lot is graded AA (a screen-size designation rather than a quality claim), and in the cup it’s wonderfully articulate: blackberry leads, with bright gooseberry and a juicy grape character. The acidity is lively but poised, the sweetness refined, and the aftertaste long and precise.

Composed of SL28, SL34, and Ruiru 11, the blend of varieties here delivers that classic Kenyan structure — crystalline, fruit-forward, and impeccably tidy. We’ve roasted it lightly for filter to showcase transparency and texture, allowing the factory’s meticulous processing to take centre stage.

What we love at Fjord is the clarity: it’s the sort of coffee that feels sculpted — bright, deeply fruited, and exceptionally clean, with flavours that remain distinct from first sip to finish. If you enjoy Kenyan coffees for their purity and energy, this is a brilliant example.