Origins of Coffee Beans
Originally the cherry sized red berries of the coffee tree, native to Ethopia, were used as food, the pulp crushed and mixed with fat, and fermented to make a type of wine.
The first cultivation of the coffee bean is thought to have its origins to a variety fast grown at mocha, Yemen, across the Red Sea from Ethopia, around the 13th Century.
There it aquired it's Arabic name, qahva, a poetic word for wine, which was tranfered to the drink made from roasted coffee berries. The drink gradually became popular throughout the Arab world and by the mid 19th century was intoduced into Europe. The term coffee is an attempt at pronouncing the Arabic word.
The best coffee beans come from trees of the coffee arabica species. That is the variety introduced to Kenya by Catholic missionaries in the 1890s. Coffee became a valuable crop in Kenya after world War 1.
Main crop picking
Picking of the main coffee crop at our farm in
Ngariama is under way. This year we are expecting a bumper crop due to favourable weather.
This coffee will not be available for sale until mid to late January.
Why, the best coffees must be picked at the finest time of harvest, washed, dried and given enough time to rest before being roasted so that the prized aromas and tastes can be experienced at their very peak.
In the coming weeks
Gachewa coffee will be taking your orders for next year. Please email us @
info@gikltd.com for additional information. Please note, due to the many coffee sample requests we receive each month, shipping costs will now be the responsibility of the customer.
Picking of the main coffee crop at our farm in Ngariama is under way. This year we are expecting a bumper crop due to favourable weather.
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