Single Origin
Kenya - Wahenya Estate Limited AA Nairobi Coffee Exchange Auction lot #1565 Utz Kapeh Certified
A brilliant offering with the sweetness of red grapes and the acidity of yellow grapefruit. Bold fruits, slick mouth feel and full bodied with an endless wine-like aftertaste. $15/12oz		Grower: Sasini Limited Group Certification: Utz Kapeh Farm size: 233 Hectares Altitude: 1900 meters Varietals: 26 Ha. Under Ruiru 11 and 116 Ha. under conventional varieties Soil: Red volcanic with some patches of loam and black cotton Process: Wet mill pulping, natural fermentation and sun drying on tables Coffee Growing Size: 141.92 Hectares Climate: 900-1100 mm rainfall annually Harvest: April – September (early crop) October – December (main season) Production: About 100 – 90 Metric tons of clean coffee Trees grown: Grevillia trees and indigenous trees Employees: 400

The farm was established shortly after World War I in 1919 by ex-soldiers, who were being settled by the British Government, with the first coffee seedling planted in 1920. It has since been changing hands from different settlers since then, until 1965 when Sasini took over.

“Wahenya Estate farm is part of the Sasini Limited Group. Sasini has a holistic view on producing quality products; we take a healthy community and the environment very seriously. We have put this policy into practice by working according to the Utz Kapeh Certified standards. All the farms in the Sasini group are Utz Certified since March 2005. This enables them to demonstrate our commitment to responsible and professional quality coffee production to our buyers (traders, and consumers). The farms have benefited from the certification by more efficient production systems and we have better terms of trade because of added value to our coffee.”

Several rivers originating at the Aberdare ridges irrigate the Wahenya farm. The deep, fertile and well-drained volcanic soils of the farms have produced high quality and quantity coffee for over a century. In order to ensure a future of quality coffee, they recognize the need and feel the obligation to carry out our farming activities within a good scope of environment friendliness. They maintain both exotic and indigenous forests in order to improve the immediate environment and create a responsible source of timber and fuel.

Sasini’s farms employ people to prune, pick, sort and harvest coffee. They have a strict employment policy of not employing anyone below the age of 18 years. They provide their employees with housing, clean water, firewood, security and training in various disciplines. A lot of the employees’ children benefit from the care given in their day care centers and primary schools. They have initiated health care programs and the well trained nurses in their own dispensary that can take care of employees within the estate in case of short term illness.

Wild animals such as buffaloes, elephants, antelopes, monkeys and many others find their way into the farm’s grassland to graze while others like chewing sweet and ripe coffee cherries.

The Sasini Company has committed substantial resources in supplying piped water to its neighbours, which is a focus towards sustainable farming horticulture farming.