Kenya Ainabtany Filter Roast

Kenya Ainabtany Filter Roast

Kenya Ainabtany Filter Roast

It may have come to your attention, that people are complaining a lot in the U.K. because they are too hot.Famous last words? We (speaking for all JGC now!) always think that the best antidote to being a “bit hot” is often solved by a great, fruity coffee from Kenya. We have some easy ways to brew it too. I’ll try and remember to put my go-to recipe below.

Cup profile 🍜

Aromatics: Currants and Citrus| Body: light | Acidity: Sweet and Citric predominantly.

Vibrant sweet red and blackcurrant acidity, greet you as you dip into this cup. Not forgetting (and true to real currants) there is a citric finish. Within what feels like no time, the coffee cools a little and sweetens up, with this “highlighted” acidity in the finish. This is not the wildest complex coffee from Kenya, but it takes me to a happy place, that only certain coffees can. On the penultimate pass, the theme continues; blackcurrants, brown sugar, lingering citrus. After an hour (for me) this was just citrus and cocoa.

Brew recipe:

Because it’s August and still Summery, I like to brew this in a batch brew, or Filer Machine, if you prefer.

To make 2 litres I take 100g of filter ground coffee, put it in the filter paper and funnel as normal. Then put 1 litre of cold water into the filter machine. Brew as normal onto 1 kg of ice. Some of the ice melts with the hot coffee and if in an insulated vessel, this should keep the coffee cold. It’s a quick easy recipe and, like me simple. You could use more coffee, however, due to still having lumps of ice they are not diluting the coffee until later on, should there be any left.

Not Like other Kenyan coffees.

You may know that most of the coffee grown in Kenya is traded through an auction system. It is a difficult place as buyers are dependent upon finding the right quality at the right price and producers, once again are at the mercy of the market. The auction is not an environment where buyers can return year after year and support a producer or mill.

Since 2019, Lot 20 has been working to organise farmers of the Kericho and Bomet counties into properly functioning entities that process and sell coffee on their own, without having to draw out the supply chain with marketing agents and auctions. Instead, they have gained their exporting license, which allows them to trade directly with the people who their coffee.

Lot 20, there is more to tell here and hopefully, in time we will.

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