Rungeto Kiangoi

Highlights

“Kiangoi is one of three washing stations run by Kenya's Rungeto Cooperative Society, founded in 1997 by 1,150 members of the defunct Ngariama Co-op; the Kiangoi mill itself dates to 1995. Around 7,800 member growers in Kirinyaga County farm SL28, SL34, Batian and Ruiru 11 between 1,650 and 1,800 metres and deliver ripe cherry to the mill, where it is sorted, pulped, fermented overnight, washed, graded and dried on raised beds for 8-14 days.”