Description
Kenya AA is the largest and most prized screen size of the Kenyan crop, grown above 1,500 metres and washed clean before drying. Roasted to a medium profile, it gives the bright, wine-like cup Kenyan coffee is known for: floral top notes, tropical fruit and berry through the middle, and an acidity that stays clean all the way to the finish.
Where it comes from
Kenyan coffee grows on the high plateaus around Mount Kenya and the Aberdare range, where volcanic soil and cool nights slow the cherry down and build the sugars and acidity that make the grade. AA is the top screen — the largest, densest beans, which tend to roast more evenly and hold their structure. The lots are fully washed, fermented and dried on raised beds before we buy them.
What it tastes like
Blackcurrant and tropical fruit up front, a floral lift, and a wine-like acidity that carries into a long, dry finish. Body is medium and the cup stays clean rather than syrupy. Filter and pour-over show it at its best; it also makes a striking espresso with real fruit in the shot, and a cafetière keeps the berry notes intact if you use a medium grind.
Your grind, ground to order
Choose Whole Bean if you grind at home, or have it ground for Filter, Cafetière, Chemex, Aeropress, Espresso or Stove Top. We grind to order, so the coffee is ground for your brewer on the day it ships rather than months before.
Sizes: 250g, 500g and 1kg bags, plus an 80g taster bag. The 80g bag is there so you can try a coffee before committing to a larger one.
Why buy your coffee from Tank Coffee
We roast to order rather than to stock, so your beans are packed within days of leaving the roaster instead of sitting in a warehouse. Everything is roasted by hand in small batches by Garth, our master roaster, and every bag leaves us whole bean or ground exactly as you asked for it.
We buy directly and fairly from the farms and cooperatives we name on this page, and our roasting has earned Great Taste Awards gold — judged on what is in the cup, not on what is on the label. Buy once or set up a subscription: you choose the delivery rhythm, you can change or cancel it from your account at any time, and there is no lock-in.
