Kamunyaka AA

This washing station is owned by small scale farmers located in Mathira-Nyeri county, within the red volcanic soils of Mt Kenya highlands, at an impressive altitude of 1780m. It is part of the Iriani cooperative society together with 2 other washing stations / factories.All the coffee is fully washed, the ripe coffee cherries are picked and delivered to the factory, they will be pulped and dry fermented for 24 hours. Thereafter the coffee is washed with clean water from the river and dried on raised beds. The predominant variety of coffee grown is SL28, SL 34.The farmers practice mixed farming within their small farms (average 0.25 ha), in there they will grow coffee as the primary cash earning crop and will also plant food items like maize/corn, beans, potatoes and vegetables for the family consumption. The factory has 7 permanent employees and it employs 10-20 casual workers from the neighboring community during the peak of the harvesting season.