PRAECIPUA

‘… We are not a forgotten people, we can finally make a living’…. This is the joy and motto of Rosebella Langat, one of the women of the Kenyan coffee community, producer and owner of the Chepsangor Hills Coffee farm in Nandi Hills. There is only one coffee tree left on the farm that has been producing beans since the 1950s, all the others were cut down when the land was subdivided into smaller parts for the local population after independence. Now Chepsangor Hills Coffee grows and processes specialty coffee and works with local farmers to produce good quality coffee. The grain production process is carefully managed using good agronomic practices that do not harm the environment. Grown in the fertile volcanic soils of the Nandi Hills in the Nandi Escape of the rift valley at an altitude of 1700-2000 masl with SL28, Ruiru 11 and Batian varieties. During the harvest, the ripe red cherries are carefully selected and hand-picked by women, sorted to perfection and processed in less than 8 hours with an organic pulper and dried in the sun. Different innovative processing methods are used to provide the customer with a variety of flavor profiles, fully washed for clear and vibrant notes, semi-washed (honey) for that extra touch of sweetness and naturally processed for that fuller-bodied infusion.