KENYA RUI RUIRU ANAEROBIC

Mathira North Co-op is among the earliest producers of natural and anaerobic coffee. For a long time, Kenyan coffee producers were only allowed to produce fully washed coffee. This natural-process coffee opens up new market segments and a new Kenyan coffee profile. In the recent harvest, we purchased Rui Ruiru natural anaerobic coffee, which came from one of Mathira's wet mills, which is Rui Ruiru.

Rui Ruiru wet mill has a long coffee-producing history. Between 1963 and 2014, Rui Ruiru was a producer of high-quality coffee. In 2014, the wet mill died, and farmers stopped delivering coffee for lack of payment. This situation caused the machinery to rust, a termite infestation destroyed the office and drying beds, and vegetation took over the entire wet mill in 2020.

Reviving a dead coffee wet mill is not for the faint of heart. After closing down in 2014 due to mismanagement that caused issues in paying back the farmers, Jamii Coffee made an effort to bring the Rui Ruiru wet mill back to life. Beside increasing their pay for full red cherries, they also venture into uncommon processes like natural and anaerobic.It is our hope to show the world what Kenya can offer as a specialty coffee producer.