Kenyan Coffee

Origin notes

Nairobi auction prices, grades and screens, growing regions and the mechanics of buying Kenyan green coffee, written for importers and roasters by the exporter.

Grading trays of green and roasted samples on the cupping bench

Green coffee

Kenyan coffee grades explained: AA, AB, PB and the rest

A grade letter is a sieve size, not a cup score. At Nairobi sale 41, AA averaged 6.87 dollars per kilogram against AB's 6.64, yet AA lots alone ranged from 4.50 to 7.60.

28 September 2026 · 10 min