ברכישת כל סוגי קפה קלוי בסכום:

בין 600 ש"ח ל-1000 ש"ח עם קוד קופון "10%" תקבלו 10% הנחה

בין 1001 ש"ח ל-1500 ש"ח עם קוד קופון "20%" תקבלו 20% הנחה

מעל 1501 ש"ח עם קוד קופון "30%" תקבלו 30% הנחה

Gichathaini is one of three factories (or washing stations) that together form the Gikanda Farmers Cooperative Society. The factory itself is owned by the coffee farmers who deliver cherries to the station. There are currently 897 members, of which roughly 770 are active and sell their coffees through the factory.The Factory is Fairtrade, UTZ and Rainforest Alliance certified.

The farmers from the community harvest and pick cherries in their gardens and transport the coffee to the factory for delivery and payment. The factory pays a small advance at delivery. The remaining payment will come after the coffee is sold. The better and well-managed wet mills are able to give more than 85% of the sales price back to the farmers. That’s after the costs of milling and marketing are deducted.

Process: Cherries are hand sorted for unripes and over ripes by the farmers before they go into production.

Pulping: A 3-Disc Agaarde pulping machine removes the skin and pulp. The coffees are graded by density into three grades by the pulper. Grade 1 and 2 go separately to fermentation. Grade 3 is considered low grade.

Fermentation: The coffee is dry fermented for 18-36 hours in concrete tanks under a roof that provides shade for better temperature control during fermentation.

Washing/Grading: After fermentation the coffees are washed and again graded by density in washing channels. They are sometimes soaked in clean water overnight.

Drying: Sun-dried 12 to 20 days on African drying beds. Time depends on weather conditions. Coffees are covered under plastic during midday and at night.

In this area the flowering period is usually between February and March, following this the trees will be ready for harvest from October to December.

Soil: Mainly Nitisol, red volcanic soil. Nitisols occur in highlands and on volcanic steep slopes and have developed from volcanic rocks. Nitisol generally has better chemical and physical properties than other tropical soils.