KOMOTHAI KANAKE
Origin - Githunguri, Kenya
SWEET SPICES, CURRANT, and LEMON VERBENA - Washed
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Social Impact
As a social enterprise, our primary mission is to help reduce homelessness in the UK through training and employment within speciality coffee.
65% of the profits we generate are reinvested into our barista training programme.
Whether that's assisting our head roaster at our roastery or working in one of our cafes as a barista, we're committed to supporting our trainees from training to employment.
Sustainability
We've made a commitment to plant a tree for every 1kg bag of coffee that we sell, through our partnership with the Eden Reforestation Project.
Whether you are a wholesale customer or simply buying a bag online, you can now enjoy your coffee knowing not only is it responsibly sourced, it is also helping the planet.
Sourcing Quality Coffee
We ensure the coffees we serve are as fresh and seasonal as possible to showcase the wonderful diversity of flavours and aromas found in different coffees around the world.
We also have a strong focus on quality. Higher quality means a better price for the farmer, so it is very important that we continue to work with the producers that consistently supply us with high scoring coffees. This helps them secure a higher price which is often 4 - 5 times higher than the Fairtrade minimum.
Country
KenyaGithunguri, Kenya
Region
Githunguri
Producer
KOMOTHAI FARMERS COOPERATIVE SOCIETY
Variety
SL34, SL28, RUIRU11
Process
Washed
Coffee With Impact
Here at Old Spike, we aren't your average coffee company.
As a proud social enterprise, we've been dedicated to having a positive impact on the world through specialty coffee. When you choose Old Spike, you're not just getting an exceptional cup of coffee. 65% of our profits are re-invested into our barista training and employment programme, providing valuable opportunities for individuals experiencing homelessness to reintegrate back into the workforce.
To date, we have supported over 250 people back into employment with the support of our customers. Wether you are buying a bag of coffee online or you are one of our amazing wholesale partners - you are doing your part to help people that need it most.
Kanake Factory is located in Githunguri location, Kiambu County.
Kiambu County is located in the central highlands of Kenya in the former Central Province
sharing its borders with five other counties; Nakuru, Kajiado, Murang'a and
Nyandarua and Nairobi. There are several theories that explain the origin of the name Kiambu; one theory suggests that it was derived from a prominent Kikuyu clan known as Mbari ya Mbuu who used to live next to the current day Kiambu town.
The farm benefits from deep red volcanic soils, rich in organic matter. The ripening of the cherry is closely monitored and when the time is right the red cherry is hand picked into buckets early in the morning and carried to the wet mill. The harvested cherries are then spread out on a patio at the wet mill in the afternoon light, the mass of round red cherries are tipped into the hopper above the pulping station.
Clean water is drawn up and poured into the hopper on top of the heaped cherries, funneling them down through a polished chute into the pulping house where the outer fruit is removed between two rotating slabs. As the now exposed coffee beans tumble out of the pulper into a channel of water, the
floating beans are skimmed off, and the sinking denser beans pass out through a hole in the
bottom spilling into the fermentation tanks were they spend the night.
The next day the coffee is handled to see if the sticky sweet mucilage has broken down, leaving a rough parchment coating, once "the feel" of the coffee meets the wet mill manager's approval, water will be poured into the tanks to thoroughly wash the beans.
Sun drying of the parchment coffee on raised tables is done under careful supervision, the parchment coffee is covered up whenever there is sign of rain or the sun's rays are too harsh. The coffee is regularly checked for moisture and once it reaches the 10-12% target level, it will be bagged up for transport to the dry mill.