Region: Kirinyaga Elevation: 1750 masl About: Makena Coffee Estate, owned by Mr. Japheth, is a family farm located in Gariama, Kirinyaga County, approximately 20 km from Embu town. Situated on the slopes of Mt. Kenya in Kenya's agriculturally rich Central Province, the estate has 18,000 coffee trees. It benefits from fertile red-volcanic soil, which provides essential minerals and organic nutrients for optimal coffee production. The region experiences an annual rainfall of 1,500mm and has cool temperatures ranging from 13-26°C, producing an average of 90,000 kgs of coffee annually. The estate practices timely and selective hand-picking of red-ripe cherries, which are sorted and wet-processed using clean water from the Nyamindi river. The process includes careful sorting to remove underripe, overripe, and foreign matter, followed by sun drying. The parchment coffee is then delivered to Central Kenya Coffee Millers in Karatina, Nyeri County. Region: Kirinyaga Elevation: 1750 masl About: Makena Coffee Estate, owned by Mr. Japheth, is a family farm located in Gariama, Kirinyaga County, approximately 20 km from Embu town. Situated on the slopes of Mt. Kenya in Kenya's agriculturally rich Central Province, the estate has 18,000 coffee trees. It benefits from fertile red-volcanic soil, which provides essential minerals and organic nutrients for optimal coffee production. The region experiences an annual rainfall of 1,500mm and has cool temperatures ranging from 13-26°C, producing an average of 90,000 kgs of coffee annually. The estate practices timely and selective hand-picking of red-ripe cherries, which are sorted and wet-processed using clean water from the Nyamindi river. The process includes careful sorting to remove underripe, overripe, and foreign matter, followed by sun drying. The parchment coffee is then delivered to Central Kenya Coffee Millers in Karatina, Nyeri County.

Region: Kirinyaga Elevation: 1750 masl About: Makena Coffee Estate, owned by Mr. Japheth, is a family farm located in Gariama, Kirinyaga County, approximately 20 km from Embu town. Situated on the slopes of Mt. Kenya in Kenya's agriculturally rich Central Province, the estate has 18,000 coffee trees. It benefits from fertile red-volcanic soil, which provides essential minerals and organic nutrients for optimal coffee production. The region experiences an annual rainfall of 1,500mm and has cool temperatures ranging from 13-26°C, producing an average of 90,000 kgs of coffee annually. The estate practices timely and selective hand-picking of red-ripe cherries, which are sorted and wet-processed using clean water from the Nyamindi river. The process includes careful sorting to remove underripe, overripe, and foreign matter, followed by sun drying. The parchment coffee is then delivered to Central Kenya Coffee Millers in Karatina, Nyeri County. Region: Kirinyaga Elevation: 1750 masl About: Makena Coffee Estate, owned by Mr. Japheth, is a family farm located in Gariama, Kirinyaga County, approximately 20 km from Embu town. Situated on the slopes of Mt. Kenya in Kenya's agriculturally rich Central Province, the estate has 18,000 coffee trees. It benefits from fertile red-volcanic soil, which provides essential minerals and organic nutrients for optimal coffee production. The region experiences an annual rainfall of 1,500mm and has cool temperatures ranging from 13-26°C, producing an average of 90,000 kgs of coffee annually. The estate practices timely and selective hand-picking of red-ripe cherries, which are sorted and wet-processed using clean water from the Nyamindi river. The process includes careful sorting to remove underripe, overripe, and foreign matter, followed by sun drying. The parchment coffee is then delivered to Central Kenya Coffee Millers in Karatina, Nyeri County.