A coffee with a velvety body, a bright, citric acidity and flavors of caramel and dark chocolate.
A coffee with a velvety body, a bright, citric acidity and flavors of caramel and dark chocolate.
About the Farmer
The factories of the Rungeto Farmer’s Co-operative Society were recognised after liquidation of the famous Ngiriama co-operative society which had a lot of Assets. After liquidation Kiangoi, Karimikui and Kii joined hands to form the Rungeto Farmer’s Cooperative society operative society. Today, the Rungeto Farmer’s society is working with 1.150 coffee farmers and also operates a dairy cooling plant and collects over 120.000 litres of milk a month and is a supplier to one of Kenya’s largest dairy product companies. This helps the farmers diversify their income base. Using Fairtrade premiums, the society has also set up a fuel station. The income allows the society to cover it’s overheads thereby increasing the farmers income.
Perched high up in the southern foothills of Mount Kenya on rich red volcanic soil, the areas surrounding the Kiangoi factory are ideal for producing some of the finest Kenyan coffee. Farmers in these fertile foothills who typically cultivate around 250 coffee trees on half-acre plots have been delivering cherry to the Kiangoi factory, which is one of 3 factories managed by an umbrella farmers’ cooperative society (FCS) called the Rungeto Farmers’ Cooperative Society.
