Question

Describe coffee production in Kenya from harvesting to marketing.

Answer 1

1. Harvesting of coffee involves manually picking the red ripe barriers which are ripe then transported to the collecting centres where they are weighed and sorted to remove bad ones.
2. They are then transported to the processing factory where they are put in large tanks having water to remove the outer covering up exposing two white beans which are then washed and sun-dried.
3. The beans are sorted according to size and quality then roasted at temperature of 100OC then grounded into powder and packed ready for marketing by the coffee board of Kenya.