Florence & Jessica Marigi - Kenya {Washed}

Data Sheet

Roaster: SEY Coffee
Origin: Kiambu, Kenya
Producer: Florence & Jessica Marigi
Altitude: 1,900 masl
Varietal: Field Blend
Process: Washed
Harvest: December 2025
Profile: Blackcurrant · Rhubarb · Hibiscus
Format: 250 g
Roast: Light Roast
Ideal for: Filter · Espresso

We like it because: This is the first year working with Florence and Jessica Marigi, and it comes from a farm that has maintained traditional Kenyan selections, without introducing hybrid varieties.

Ideal for: Lovers of Kenyan coffees, dark fruit profiles, and light roast coffees with enough structure to prepare as both filter and espresso.

Description

Malaki Estate is a high-altitude farm in Kiambu, one of the most interesting coffee regions in central Kenya. This is the first year SEY Coffee has worked with Florence and Jessica Marigi.

In the cup, we find a dark fruit profile with notes of blackcurrant, rhubarb, and hibiscus. The combination provides an intense and characteristic expression of high-altitude Kenyan coffees.

Malaki Estate is managed by Florence and her daughter Jessica. It was originally planted in 1969 by Edward Marigi, Florence's husband, and is one of the few farms in Kiambu that has never introduced hybrid varieties, maintaining the oldest traditional Kenyan selections.

The farm is located on the western slopes of the Aberdare Range and, in addition to coffee, produces macadamias and avocados.

Process

Cherries are hand-picked at their optimal ripeness and then floated to remove defects.

They are pulped on the same day of harvest and dry fermented for 36–48 hours.

Afterward, the coffee is dried on raised beds until it reaches approximately 10% moisture.

About the Field Blend

SEY Coffee believes this lot is entirely composed of Kenya's main SL varieties.

However, recent genetic analyses conducted on other farms are challenging some of the traditional ideas about the varieties actually grown in Kenya.

Research is ongoing, and new results will help to better understand the genetics of these coffees.

Sensory summary

Blackcurrant
Rhubarb
Hibiscus

About SEY Coffee

SEY Coffee is a Brooklyn-based specialty coffee roaster built around one principle: no compromises on quality.

They work directly with some of the world's most exceptional producers, focusing on transparency, long-term relationships, and sustainable growth throughout the coffee supply chain. SEY believes great coffee starts at origin, which is why they continually reinvest in the producers behind every lot.

Their roasting philosophy is simple: let the coffee speak for itself. Through meticulous light roasting and constant refinement, they aim to showcase the purest expression of each coffee's terroir, variety, and processing method.

Driven by innovation, transparency, and an obsession with quality, SEY produces coffees that are vibrant, expressive, and uncompromisingly clean.

👉 "No compromises. Just extraordinary coffee."