Coffee Description
The Komothai is a beautiful representation of Kenyan coffee's bright
complexity, opening up with one of the clearest expressions of pink
grapefruit we have found in a coffee. As the coffee cools, sweet
raspberry jam emerges, followed by a clean cane sugar finish. This
coffee has a delicate body with a light mouth feel. The Komothai is an
excellent option for an adventurous single-origin drinker who enjoys
washed coffee.
Roast Level from the Roaster
Refers to the roast level in comparison with other coffees from the roaster
Very Light
Variety
SL28
Process
Washed
Elevation
1800 masl
Region
Kiambu
About Komothai Barikongo Cooperative of Kenya
The Komothai Barikongo Cooperative is one of 13 factories within the
Komothai Farmers’ Cooperative Society. Factories in the Kenya
cooperative system are the destination that members can bring their
cherries to for processing and drying, with the coffee being sorted
into day lots over the harvest season.
Kiambu, Kenya
Cat & Cloud
Based in the west coast beach town of Santa Cruz, CA, Cat & Cloud Coffee was started by long-time coffee professionals Chris Baca, Jared Truby, and Charles Jack. Chris and Jared hold five Top-5 finishes in the US Barista, Brewer's Cup, and Latte Art Competitions between them. Begun as a podcast and an online webstore in 2015, Cat & Cloud opened their first retail location September of 2016.
With a vision “To Change the Way the World Does Business,” they created and currently run the most-listened to/watched Coffee-related Podcast and YouTube channel in the US. Whether it’s previous work in Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Sudan as part of TechnoServe's East Africa Coffee Initiative, making sure their team members are well taken care of and sending them to origin, to developing relationships with coffee producer partners based on repeatable quality scores, not the volatility of the C-market.
Working to be content creators, information sharers, and industry leaders, they strive “to learn, grow, and create a community that feels good to EVERYONE, not just to the few people at the top.”
