Exceptional Specialty Green Coffee
Rooted In Origin

Traceable Kenyan specialty green coffee, sourced directly for roasters in the UK and Europe, with consistent quality from farm to roastery.

Our proposition

One Supply Chain
Managed End To End

Kahawa means coffee in Swahili. Our work starts where the coffee does, with named communities, specific harvests and long-term relationships in Kenya's highlands.

Ripe Kenyan coffee cherriesA carefully prepared cup of Kenyan coffee

01

Farm Gate Sourcing

We build direct sourcing relationships with Kenyan coffee producers, focusing on long-term value, quality, and complete transparency.

Coffee growing in the Kenyan highlands

02

Managed Processing

By overseeing processing stages, we maintain strict quality control and traceability from the harvest to export preparation.

Coffee processing station in Kenya

03

Contract Grade Supply

We provide consistent, reliable specialty green coffee for roasters seeking more than a commodity.

A prepared cup of Kenyan specialty coffee

Featured coffee

The Current Harvest: Featured Lots

Kahawa Roots green coffee in branded packagingLot KR25-09-001

Mount Elgon, Kenya

Mount Elgon Kenyan Arabica Green Coffee – Sun-Dried Natural

Fruity, floral, caramel, earthy, herby

A vivid, elegant expression of Mount Elgon’s cool nights and red volcanic soil.

Process
Sun-dried natural
Varietals
SL28 & SL34
Altitude
1,780 m
Harvest
Nov 2025
View Lot

From the field · 03

Latest Harvest

Kenyan producers sorting ripe red coffee cherries on raised drying beds
  • Mount Elgon · 15 Sep

    Main crop selection begins on the Elgon slopes

  • Mount Elgon · 28 Aug

    Cool nights extend the final drying stage

  • Mount Elgon · 04 Aug

    First fly crop lots reach the cupping table

Traceability

Every Lot Has
A Fingerprint

We connect farmer, processing and export data so roasters see their whole green coffee supply chain.

Explore Our Platform
Lot
KR25-09-001
Origin
Mount Elgon, Kenya
Grown at
1,780 m · red volcanic soil
A coffee bean illustrated with fingerprint lines
Variety
SL28 · sun-dried natural
Harvest
Nov 2025 · main crop
Cup
86.5 · blackcurrant, cane sugar

Notes From
Kahawa Roots

Field updates from Kenya, traceability technology and UK partnerships shaping specialty green coffee sourcing.

Coffee sacks arranged in the Kahawa Roots warehouse

People & perspectives

The People Behind
Your Next Great Coffee

Our approach

A Closer Connection To Origin

From Kahawa Roots

Let’s Talk About Your Next Coffee

From Kenyan Farms
To Your Roastery

Talk to Our Team
Illustrated coffee fields across the Kenyan highlands