A classic Kenyan coffee! This Gatura PB is from Nyeri, Kenya and produced under the Retro 1985 Project began by Kamavindi Coffee Lab. This lab is run by Peter Mbature and his family. Peter is a coffee farmer who has been working to reestablish and redefine Kenyan coffee over the past decade. In addition to being a coffee farmer Peter is also a licensed Q grader and has started his own coffee lab and quality & training service. In the past couple of years, he has also started his own exporting company. The Mbature family also works with cooperatives and small estates in Kenya on special mircolots and new processing techniques. 

This lot, comprised of SL-28 and SL-34 varieties, is from the Rumukia cooperative. The project name, Retro 1985, is a nod to a time in Kenya before the Ruiru 11 variety was introduced and SL varieties (developed by Scott Labs) was dominant. Additionally, this lot was processed using an extended double fermentation, and the SL varieties were specifically selected to reflect how coffee tasted 40 years ago. 

This coffee is delicious. It has a lively and vibrant acidity that reminds us of stewed orange, fresh Sungold tomato, and pineapple. The mouthfeel of this body is likewise vibrant and juicy. There are notes of marmalade, cacao nib, and golden raisin. It is complex with high quality and intensity sweetness, acidity, and mouthfeel. It is tasting great at a 1:16 coffee to (filtered, 204 degree) water. It is amazing as a filter coffee and, if we had to guess, would make for a banging espresso.