The Kenya Coffee Guide
Why Kenyan coffee is luxury, not ordinary.
Kenya is one of the world's most prized origins. These pieces explain the soil, the cultivars, the grades, the auction, and the reason a great Kenyan lot belongs in the same conversation as fine wine.
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- The Kenya Coffee Guide · 6 min read
Why Kenyan coffee is a luxury product, not a grocery item
Most of the world sells coffee like sugar. Kenya grows it like wine. The case for treating Kenyan specialty as the luxury export it actually is.
Martin Shabaya20 May 2026
- The Kenya Coffee Guide · 5 min read
Kenya AA, AB, PB explained: a buyer's guide to the grades
Kenyan coffee is sorted into grades by bean size, not by quality alone. Here is what AA, AB, PB, and the smaller grades actually mean, and how to use the labels when you shop.
Martin Shabaya18 May 2026
- The Kenya Coffee Guide · 3 min read
Why Kenyan coffee tastes the way it does
Blackcurrant, tomato leaf, brown sugar, that prickle of grapefruit acidity. Kenyan coffee has a flavour signature you can pick out blind. Here's the soil, the cultivars, and the processing that make it possible.
Martin Shabaya12 May 2026