This coffee is sourced from the Gachatha Cooperative in the Karundu region of Nyeri, Kenya, at an altitude of 1800-2100 meters. It is a fully washed coffee featuring SL-28, SL-34, and Ruiru 11 varieties. The flavor profile is characterized by notes of ripe nectarine, sweet key lime, rosehip, and a subtle floral hint of thyme. This light roast offers a clean, layered, and stone fruit-forward cup that highlights the classic terroir of the Nyeri region.
Founded in 2020 at the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic, Moonwake Coffee Roasters emerged from the passion of two former tech engineers, Ming Wood from Tesla and Mabel Yeung from Meta. What began as Ming's personal coffee project within Tesla's internal coffee club evolved into a full roastery operation after both founders chose to leave their tech careers to pursue coffee full time between 2023 and 2024. Moonwake represents a growing movement of technologists who discovered that coffee roasting offers greater fulfillment than their previous careers, channeling engineering precision into specialty coffee.
