Ichamama Peaberry - Filter coffee from Kenya

Unfortunately, this coffee is sold out, but it is planned to return with the next harvest.

The ultimate classic: Peaberries are small, round beans that did not separate during growth. This gives the roasted coffee more density, which we can feel in the texture: the coffee is truly round and soft, has the characteristic, juicy Ichamama acidity, and displays notes of blackberry jam. Basically, the coffee is just like the classic Ichamama filter coffee, but with a bit more of everything.

Ichamama coffee info

Roasted for: all common filter methods and cold brew

Origin: Nyeri, Kenya

Producers: Ichamama Cooperative

Varieties: SL28, SL34 = 100% Arabica

Post-harvest process: depulped, fermented, washed

Arrived at the roastery: October 2022

All our coffees are shipped as whole beans.

Brewing recommendation Ichamama PB: Hario V60

Why does this coffee taste the way it does?

One of the exciting side effects of a long-term partnership is that we can distinguish the flavor profile of this coffee from many others. Nevertheless, it is always surprising how different flavor notes manifest more or less from year to year. In 2014, the coffee tasted like rhubarb compote, in 2017 it was like liquid Grether's Pastilles, in 2021 blackberries dominated the aroma, and this year it is back to being more about reddish, acidic berries.

Tell me more about Ichamama

The Kaffeemacher love story! In 2013, we visited the Ichamama Cooperative for the first time. The encounter with the people remains a fond memory, as well as with the animals – we were even served freshly slaughtered goat, among other things. In 2014, our Benjamin became Swiss Brewers Cup champion with the Ichamama. Felix participated in the Swiss Championship with the fresh 2022 harvest and received top marks for the coffee. We have been in contact with the producers since 2013 and buy their coffee year after year. We have since helped finance drying beds to alleviate the bottleneck in the drying process.

Our tasting results

Why did we buy this coffee?

Because we taste several Ichamama lots every year. For 10 years, we have blindly chosen the AA, the largest beans. But last year during cupping, there was one cup that was different - denser, fuller, like jam. It was the Peaberry. So we bought two 60kg bags of the coffee to show what a different bean shape can do for the flavor.

How do we roast this coffee?

We roast this coffee in 12.5kg batches in a 30kg Giesen roaster. We roast it short and crisp for 7:50 minutes with a development time of 3.4%, or just over 1 minute. We start the roast with 60% energy, throttle down to 50% at 2 minutes, and leave the gas open until the end. The coffee "absorbs" a lot of heat, so we don't reduce the energy. We have no other coffee in our range that we roast this way.