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From Penelope

Karii wetmill is part of Mutira Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited. The mill sits on the border between two famous coffee regions: Kirinyaga and Nyeri, and works with around 600 smallholder farmers. Karii was built in 1984 and is around 70 miles from Nairobi near Kerugoya town and the Rundu river is the water source used for washed coffee processing. The coffee cherries are hand sorted for unripes and overripes by the farmers before they go into production. The pulp is removed and the coffee is fermented for 24-36 hour under close shade depending on climate temperatures. After fermentation the coffees are washed and again graded by density in washing channels. They are then taken to the drying tables where they will be sun dried on African drying beds for 12 to 20 days (this time depends on weather conditions). Coffees are covered in plastic during midday and at night to protect the beans from night moisture and rains.