Kamavindi

Kamavindi

The original Kamavindi farm was established by the late John Njiru Mbature in the 1950’s with the planting of 100 coffee trees: the maximum that native Kenyans were permitted to cultivate under British colonial law at the time. When, a few years later, the coffee planting restrictions eased somewhat, an additional 500 trees were planted on the 20 hectare (approx. 50 acre) estate. At the present time, John’s son Peter Mbature, together with his sister Gladwell Wanjira, lead the management of Kamavindi. Peter is an incredibly hardworking and ambitious coffee producer with an inspiring appetite for progressive approaches to agronomy and processing. In more recent years, the estate has expanded to include ~10,000 trees (approximately 7000 SL28, 3000 Ruiru, and 100 SL34). Processing at Kamavindi involves a meticulous float and hand sorting process followed by multiple dry fermentation and washing cycles before the parchment is dried on raised beds.