Kenya Yellow Diamond Peaberry | Tastes like rhubarb pie, red currant, yellow peach | Equator Coffees

Kenya Yellow Diamond

Produced by Habil Olaka on his Western Kenya farm, this single origin coffee represents so much of what our team loves about coffees from Kenya with its versatile fruit notes and intensity of flavor.

Our Head Roaster, Michelle F, enjoys roasting Kenyas because she feels they roast evenly with a fast and simple roast approach

Size

cecom-special

12oz

save 15% per oz

2lb

Flavor Profile

Origin
Western Rift Valley, Kenya
Tasting Notes
Vibrant and fruity notes of rhubarb pie, red currant and yellow peach.
Roast Level

Light Med Lt Med Med Dark Dark

Origin Story

Habil Olaka

Habil Olaka moved his family out to Western Kenya to get away from the city, and back to his roots. They started farming corn and chickens, flowers and honey. The shift to producing coffee provided the family a chance to address problems posed by their other crops—theft through all stages of production, and soil fertility issues. Together they started learning about coffee, hiring top agronomists and improving their processing. Expansion of their coffee production has created job opportunities and provided income for local residents employed at the estate. The farm uses an integrated approach, incorporating practices like beekeeping to support pollination and the use of composted coffee husk and chicken manure to enrich and amend the soil. The farm provides a place to train the local community in coffee production in an effort to expand their impact on the community. ‘Yellow Diamond’ is a reference to something that is rare and valuable—to Habil, that means family, land, and what the two can produce together.

Altitude

6,200 feet

Variety

Batian, Ruiru 11

Processing

Washed

Why We Love This Coffee

This coffee represents so much of what our team loves about coffees from Kenya with its versatile fruit notes and intensity of flavor. Our Head Roaster, Michelle F, enjoys roasting Kenyas because she feels they roast evenly with a fast and simple roast approach. This Yellow Diamond lot was no exception.

From Michelle: “Our team uses a lot of heat up front and lets the coffee ride that momentum to color change, at which point we make our first adjustment down on the gas. Evenly timed decreases throughout the maillard phase, reaching our lowest setting right before First Crack so we can coast through development to our end temperature. Simple, controlled, and a quick roast resulting in a fantastic cup of coffee."

Sustainably Sourced

Good Coffee, Better Planet

We treasure our relationships in the global coffee community and invest in projects at origin to support our partners in their commitment to environmental sustainability and social welfare. We also invest in reducing our day-to-day impact, through initiatives like energy-efficient Loring Smart Roasters to reduce carbon emissions per batch by 80%.

As a certified B Corporation, we are a leader in sustainable practices that impact people and the planet. This third-party certification requires us to demonstrate transparency and accountability throughout our supply chain and quantify the impact our business creates for our employees, the community, and the environment. We are proud to be part of this community working together toward one unifying goal: using business as a force for good.

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Kenya Yellow Diamond

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Origin

Tasting Notes

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Origin Story

Why We Love This Coffee

Good Coffee, Better Planet

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