Kenya | Maguta Estate | David Ngibuini | SL28/SL34 CM Natural, Jasper Community Well 1
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| Management number | 253652571 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$14.40 | Model Number | 253652571 | ||
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A Community Well lot. To celebrate 10 years, Project Origin selected five coffees from five origins, with all profits from each funding the construction of one community water well. This is Kenya Community Well Lot 1 - by choosing it, you are helping bring clean water to families around Maguta Estate.
David Ngibuini & Maguta Estate
Maguta Estate, run by David Ngibuini, works across Nyeri and Embu counties in Central Kenya. The Murware farmers who deliver cherry here are a close-knit cluster in the Muruguru area, sharing around 18,000 trees on red volcanic soils and helping each other keep farming standards high.
David's partnership with Project Origin began in 2018, after he reached out to discuss processing techniques. Years of investment in infrastructure and training followed - 10 fermentation tanks, shaded parabolic drying tables, Brix and pH meters - and David's coffees are now recognised among Kenya's finest. In 2024 his coffee placed first in the Best of Kenya competition, with multiple lots in the top 10.
Carbonic Maceration Natural - Jasper Profile
Hand-sorted cherries (90%+ ripeness) are sealed in tanks flushed with CO2 to push out oxygen. With yeast activity, temperature and humidity controlled, the whole cherries go through a long anaerobic fermentation before being laid in thick stacks to dry slowly over 25-30 days. Project Origin cups the lots with David to curate their signature Jasper profile.
Expect cherry, raspberry and dark grape over milk chocolate - sweet, jammy and full of fruit.
About the SL28 & SL34 Varieties
SL28 and SL34 were selected in the 1930s by Scott Agricultural Laboratories in Nairobi, which is where the 'SL' comes from. SL28 was bred from drought-resistant Tanzanian stock, while SL34 traces back to French Mission Bourbon trees at Kabete. Together they became the backbone of Kenyan specialty coffee and remain the varieties most smallholders in Nyeri grow today.
Both are tall, low-yielding trees that need careful farming, but roasters around the world seek them out for their intense, juicy acidity and deep red-fruit and blackcurrant character. SL28 tends to bring the vivid, sparkling fruit; SL34 adds body and sweetness at high altitude.
In this carbonic maceration natural, the classic Kenyan fruit is pushed into jammy territory: cherry and dark grape up front with a milk chocolate base.
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