2023 Advent Calendar
Karinga Tim Wendelboe
Dec
17th of December brings a floral Kenya from Tim Wendelboe. 🌼☕️
Coffee Name: Karinga
Flavour notes: Floral, blackcurrants & rose hips
Producer: Several smallholder farmers
Harvest: December 2022
Origin: Kiambu, Kenya
Process: Washed
Cultivar: SL28 & SL34
Roast Date: 16 Nov. 2023
“This coffee is grown at around 1900 masl in Kiambu where the climate is cool and makes the coffee ripen slower and develop more flavour, sweetness and acidity.
Most of the members who sell their coffee cherries to this wet mill grow mainly the SL28 cultivar (with some growing SL34) because of good yields and exceptional quality in high altitudes. The majority of the farmers in this area have therefore been reluctant to plant the newer rust tolerant hybrids Batian andRuiru 11 which are becoming more common in lower altitudes in Kenya.
For me this coffee has been a standout for several years when I have been tasting coffees in Kenya because of its intensity of flavour. It has a crisp acidity and an intense fruity and floral character that makes it both intense and elegant at the same time.
One of the reasons why I selected this lot as one of our Christmas edition coffees is not only because of it’s high quality but also because I love drinking coffees with more intensity and bright acidity after eating a lot of heavy foods, like one often does during the festive season.”
How to brew:
FILTER
We strongly recommend using the correct measurements and brewing techniques when you brew our coffees. Use a digital scale both to measure water and coffee in order to get consistent results, and we recommend using between 60 to 70 grams of coffee per litre (1000g) of water, depending on the brewing method, water quality and coffee used.
ESPRESSO
We strongly recommend using VST filter baskets. Both the 18g, 20g and the 22g basket is great for our coffee. The VST filters makes it a lot easier to extract the espresso properly which gives a lot more sweetness in the cup. They are also more or less identical to each other which makes it easy to be more consistent when brewing on several groups at the same time. You can buy the filters on our webshop, just make sure they fit your machine (ours fits all La Marzocco machines and machines with 58mm filter baskets). With the VST 18g filter basket, we recommend the following brewing parameters: 18-19g freshly-ground coffee, 25-35s brewing time, 35-38g of final brew liquid in the cup, 93°C-94°C brew water temperature.
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