Description

Thimu Coffee Washing Station is owned and operated by the Baragwi Farmers' Cooperative Society. The word thimu means proverbs in Kikuyu; in the past, planters would congregate in this spot during breaks to learn Kikuyu proverbs from their elders. These lessons, passed down through generations, were considered essential to wisdom and understanding in the Kikuyu community. 

This is a smallholder farmer's owned factory was started in 2003 and is the youngest in Baragwi Farmers Cooperative society. Now it has grown to over 1900 farmers.

The cherry is delivered at the wet mill, it is hand sorted to remove any foreign matter and also remove blacks then weighed and recorded. It is then introduced to cherry hopper to be pulped.

Once pulped using a 4 disc pulper, cherries are delivered to one of the factorys fermentation tanks where it will ferment for about 16-24 hours depending on the ambient temperature at that time. The coffee is then fully washed on gradient water channels to remove traces of all mucilage.

The parchment will then be delivered to factorys raised drying beds where it will dry slowly over the course of around 10-18 days. During very hot days it is covered using a shade net.