Kenya AA (2019 Crop)

Coffee is grown through the highland regions of Kenya, including Kisii, Nyanza, and Bungoma in the west; Nakuru and Kericho in the Great Rift Valley; Machakos, Embu, and Meru to the east of Mt. Kenya; and the Taita hills near the coast. The largest and oldest coffee growing are being the central highlands, particularly Nyeri, sandwiched between the foothills of Mt Kenya to the east and the Aberdare mountain range to the west. Most coffee in Kenya is grown between 4,500 and 6,500 feet and nearly all of Kenya’s 700,000 coffee producers are small land holders belonging to cooperatives. 90% of Kenyans coffee is traded through the Nairobi Coffee Exchange, an coffee auction system dating back to the 1930’s.