Picking Coffee Cherries on a Kenyan Farm
A thermos of tea, a small bucket, red cherries and a bumpy ride to the factory: my earliest memories of coffee.
Martin KibuthuFounder, Kahoa Coffee · 3 min read
The Kahoa Coffee Blog
Stories from our Kenyan coffee-farming family, and plain-English guides to the coffee in your cup.
A thermos of tea, a small bucket, red cherries and a bumpy ride to the factory: my earliest memories of coffee.
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Martin founded Kahoa Coffee in Austin, Texas. He grew up picking coffee on his grandfather's farm in the Kenyan highlands, and he writes here about where our coffee comes from and how to enjoy it.
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