Roast No. 08 · Light-medium
Monster Island
Our rarest lot. Spotted once a year.
- Blueberry
- Bergamot
- Cane sugar
Roast levelLight-medium
Field report · Lot KJ-25-0144
Tracked to Nyeri
SL28 and SL34 from a single Nyeri washing station, grown in red volcanic soil under Mount Kenya. It tastes like blueberries dipped in Earl Grey and rolled in cane sugar. There are only 60 sacks, so when it's gone, it's gone.
★★★★★
“Blueberry and Earl Grey in a cup. I bought four bags and hid two from my partner.”
- Country
- Kenya
- Region
- Nyeri, Mathira
- Producer
- Gakuyu-ini Factory
- Altitude
- 1,820 m
- Process
- Washed, double fermented
- Varietal
- SL28 & SL34
- Harvest
- Dec 2025
- We paid
- $6.20/lb 3.4× the Fairtrade floor of $1.80
Lab results
Inside the beast
- 207°C drop
- 10:18 total
- 18% development
Brew guide
How to tame it
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Monster pick
01
Kalita Wave
- Ratio
- 1 : 16
- Grind
- Medium
- Time
- 3:30
- Water
- 95°C
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02
V60 pour-over
- Ratio
- 1 : 16
- Grind
- Medium-fine
- Time
- 3:00
- Water
- 96°C
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03
AeroPress
- Ratio
- 1 : 14
- Grind
- Medium-fine
- Time
- 2:00
- Water
- 90°C
Also spotted near Dock 9
