Tegu AB Kenya
Tegu AB Kenya
- We roast and fulfill orders Tuesday and Thursday
- Free local pickup availiable on Wednesdays at Buckman Coffee Factory in SE Porltand
SOFT, COMPLEX, TROPICAL.
Producer: Multiple Smallholder Producers
Location: Karatina, Nyeri, Kenya
Elevation: 1600-1800 meters
Variety: SL28, SL34
Process: Washed
Tegu Factory sits just outside Karatina, in Nyeri County, and it's one of the larger and older wet mills in the Tekangu Farmers Cooperative Society. Tekangu runs four factories total and has a reputation for clean processing and the kind of classic Nyeri cup that makes people want to buy Nyeri coffee. Around 800 active members deliver cherry to Tegu each season. They produce roughly 1,100 sixty-kilogram bags.
Elevation runs 1,600 to 1,800 meters on clay loam soils. Rainfall averages around 1,400mm a year, and temperatures hover near 20.5°C. Those conditions slow cherry maturation, which pushes flavor concentration — it's one of the reasons Nyeri has the reputation it does. Flowering happens February through March, harvest runs October through December, and coffee is generally available to ship between March and April.
Farmers grow SL 28, SL 34, Batian, and Ruiru 11. The SLs are there for cup quality, Batian and Ruiru 11 for resilience and yield. It's a practical mix, and it works. At the factory, cherry is sorted before pulping, then fermented overnight in parchment and washed.
From there it's graded by density into P1, P2, P3, P lights, and pods — a clean separation system that keeps quality sorted at the source. Drying happens on raised beds over 8 to 14 days.
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Shipping policy.
We roast all orders on Tuesday and Thursday. Orders placed after 4:30am PST on Tuesday or Thursday will be shipped on the following roast day.
Please select a secure delivery address to send your coffee. All packages are shipped with insurance; however, this does not cover packages that have gone missing after they are marked as delivered by the carrier. Pastime Coffee is not responsible for packages that are lost or stolen.
Please email orders@pastime.coffee for any additional questions or concerns.
Roasting style.
All of our single-origin coffees are roasted as lightly as possible while ensuring full flavor development, clarity, and highlighting terroir.
Our blends, 4:30am and Sure Thing offer a variety of roasting styles and are engineered for consistency and reliability. Please visit those products for more information on those specific roasting styles.
Please note that our coffee should be rested for at least 7 days after roasting to achieve optimal results.
Can you grind my coffee for me?
Yes! All orders are shipped whole bean by default. If you need us to grind your order, please let us know in the notes section at checkout. Don't forget to also add your brew method so we get the grind size correct.