Mamuto AA, Kenya

A washed Kenya from Mamuto farm in Kirinyaga, sitting beneath Mt. Kenya's slopes. Dark fruit — plum, blackberry — moves across a lush, syrupy body that stays balanced throughout. The soil here runs deep red-orange, and it shows: the coffee holds a wine-like structure, with enough sweetness and clarity that the terroir comes through clean. George Howell has sourced Mamuto's entire crop since 2006, working directly with the Mathagu family across decades of refinement in processing and sorting.