Thageini (Washed)- Kenya

About this coffee

About Thageini Wet Mill The Thageini wet mill is one of four mills operated by the Aguthi Farmer92s Cooperative Society. It is the second largest mill in terms of member producers, with around 350 men and 100 women members, and the Aguthi Farmer92s Co-operative Society has around 2000 members total. The Society provides training for their members on techniques for farm management, picking, sorting and agronomic techniques. They hold workshops for members to meet and learn from each other and provide specific advice to producers on their farm where possible. In the time we have worked with Thageini, Project Origin has engaged a number of projects focused on community and infrastructure development. In 2018, Thageini provided Project Origin with a range of exceptional washed coffees, and it was then that we decided to invest in the infrastructure at this station to create new experiences from this farm, while also having access to further the education of this team. In 2019 we began setting up carbonic maceration infrastructure with the Aguthi Farmer92s Co-operative Society at Thageini mill, and we also funded the construction of new drying beds to further improve their facilities and, resultantly, coffee quality. The Aguthi Farmer92s Co-operative Society demonstrates values that align with ours: Quality, Sustrainability and Community, through their focus on community development and the improvement of their members92 coffees. Project Origin and this Society have worked together since 2017 to further implement these values to bring you another wonderful taste of Kenya. About Project Origin Project Origin is a company that uses green coffee beans to empower people, so together we can change the world we see. Throughout our history we have met hundreds of extraordinary people from all over the world. We have supplied roasters and baristas with a substantial variety of coffees, invested in dozens of community projects that improve the livelihoods of individuals and communities, and developed new processing techniques that can both build better economic sustainability for producers and offer consumers a whole new range of flavour experiences. All of these accomplishments have been possible thanks to the heart and mind of our founder, Sa
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07, and by how he responded to that question. 9CCan you try a sample of my family92s coffee?9D A0When Pathy Kasiviswanathan first visited Sa
61a at the ONA headquarters in 2010, he simply wanted a review on his family92s coffees to help him begin a wholesale trade of green beans in Australia. A0 Thalanar Estate is a coffee producing farm in South India that sold its beans as a commodity product to the local mill, A0meaning the beans were mixed with a range of other green beans from other farms, and no-one really knew where it ended up. Sa
61a agreed to try the samples, A0and when he did, A0he considered the coffees to taste perhaps better than the Indian coffee he was currently using. This was a positive tasting A0A0but to Sa
61a92s surprise, Pathy had never before tasted these coffees himself! A0 In fact, no one at the farm knew what it was they were producing. Sa
61a and ONA coffee were already buying coffees directly from some producers, but this opportunity saw the potential to invest in more than direct trade green beans.