Karuhiu Utheri PB

This single origin specialty coffee is a rare Peaberry type, known for its intense and distinctive flavor profile. As you take a sip, you'll be struck by the sweet and fruity taste of chocolate-covered strawberries, followed by a hint of juicy peach. The chocolate notes add depth and richness to the coffee, while the strawberry and peach flavors provide a bright and refreshing contrast. Overall, it's a unique and delicious coffee that is sure to please the taste buds of any coffee connoisseur.

Farmers cultivate small coffee farms of less than 1 hectare at altitudes of 1,700 to 1,800 meters above sea level and deliver their cherry to Karuhiu Utheri factory. The high altitudes provide the warm days and cool nights that help nurture sweet, dense cherry. The washing station is owned and operated by Karuhiu Utheri Farmers’ Cooperative Society (FCS).

Smallholders selectively handpick ripe, red cherry and deliver it to Karuhiu Utheri Factory. At intake, the Cherry Clerk oversees meticulous visual sorting and floating and accepts only dense, ripe cherry.

After intake, cherry is pulped and fermented for 16 to 36 hours. Following fermentation, coffee is washed in clean water and laid to dry on raised beds. Workers rake parchment frequently to ensure even drying. They cover drying parchment during the hottest time of day, to maintain slow, even drying and at night, to shelter parchment from moisture. It takes an average of 9 days for parchment to dry.

About Peaberry

PB stands for Peaberry. Peaberry is a name given to a very specific shape of bean. In Spanish, peaberries are called “caracol”, which means “snail”. The name aptly describes the shape of the peaberry bean, which appears slightly curved in on itself.   

Peaberries are the result of a natural mutation in the coffee cherry. Whereas there are usually two beans nestled together in each fruit, in a cherry with a peaberry mutation, only one bean forms. As a result, peaberries are a single, rounder bean.   

Peaberry mutations occur in approximately 5% of all coffee. The beans are known for being rounder, smaller and denser, which can contribute to a more even roast color, when handled correctly. Many people find peaberries to have a sweeter flavor profile, as well.

Since peaberries are a natural mutation that is not visible from the outside of the cherry, peaberries must be sorted out during the screen grading stage of dry milling. The peaberry screens have the smallest holes, which are oblong to allow the rounder beans to fall through.  eaberry. Peaberry is a name given to a very specific shape of bean. In Spanish, peaberries are called “caracol”, which means “snail”. The name aptly describes the shape of the peaberry bean, which appears slightly curved in on itself.