{"id":21632,"date":"2025-01-03T09:43:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T09:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=21632"},"modified":"2025-01-03T09:46:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T09:46:36","slug":"premium-coffee-timing-coincides-with-kenyas-harvest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2025\/01\/03\/premium-coffee-timing-coincides-with-kenyas-harvest\/","title":{"rendered":"Premium coffee timing coincides with Kenya\u2019s harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A dry season, a milling revolution, upshot international coffee prices<\/u><\/a> and a timely harvest have gifted Kenya\u2019s premium coffee a temporary break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farmers have from November 2024 been enjoying high rates from roasters, spot on the country\u2019s strategic October-December harvest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weekly prices at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange<\/u><\/a> on December 4, 2024 shows grade AA cost between $292 and 380 (37,5950-48,925 shillings) per 50 kg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government officials indicate that a 50-kg bag used to auction at $188 per 50 kg before the market reforms. After the reforms the 50-kilo value had inched up to $237 by September 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These handsome earnings could persist up to the next harvest around April 2025, although weather vagaries may have eased the shine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides, international millers have been quitting operations in Kenya following the reforms, allowing farmer cooperatives to have a go at milling. Some co-ops want to sell at least 5% of their beans fully processed, directly to international buyers at a profit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This follows the ratification of the Coffee Regulations [2019] and Capital Markets Regulations [2020] in 2023, impacting coffee milling licensing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dry Spell Coffee<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Currently, coffee is gaining from sporadic dryness in major producers from not only Kenya itself but Brazil and Vietnam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brazil and Kenya are sources of high-quality Arabica, such as Kenya\u2019s competitive AA beans, while Vietnam leads global Robusta production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dry season in the highlands of Kenya falls roughly between January and February. Although this is normal since the coffee harvest occurs twice a year during the rainy seasons, it is nevertheless undeniable that adverse climate has cut production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annual production has downsized to around 48, 648 tonnes<\/u><\/a> worth $32.9 billion shillings ($251.86 million), as of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The figure above indicates a slump from the historical highs of 130,000 tonnes in the past decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Premium Coffee Destination<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Compounded by rising international prices due to shortage, prime\u00a0Kenya coffee prices<\/u><\/a>\u00a0are affecting pricing in the lucrative American destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. purchased some 0.74% <\/u><\/a>of its foreign coffee from Kenya worth $66 million in the 2021-22 season, according to OEC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Popular purchases from Kenya include AA beans, whose high cost makes related coffee products expensive in the destination markets.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In short, Kenya\u2019s premium coffee stands at a crossroads between high foreign demand and climate vagaries. To learn more, below is a statistical outlook of the country\u2019s coffee sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenya Coffee Statistics<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Coffee in Kenya goes back to the late 19th<\/sup>\u00a0century when British settlers introduced it. Since then, it has been growing at the heart of the central highlands and the Rift Valley at 1,000-2,000 m altitude. While farming can be an individual or corporate effort, marketing is normally a co-operative partnership. Thousands of small-scale farmers form a single cooperative that averages 4 million kg of coffee per season, especially in Central Kenya and Nandi Hills.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Kenya is still in the top 25 of production (it ranked 22nd<\/sup> in 2019), output has nevertheless fallen from 130,000 tonnes to 45,000 tonnes. Indeed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture<\/u><\/a> estimates 2024-25 production at 750,000 60-kg bags of coffee, a 6.3% yearly depreciation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Production patterns have stagnated despite acreage expansion due to acidic soil degradation. In 2022, for instance, production, at 51,900 tonnes<\/u><\/a>, was more than 2023\u2019s 48,700 tonnes. This despite 2022\u2019s acreage, at 109,400 hectares, being less than 2023\u2019s 111,900 ha, per FAOSTAT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is Kenya a major coffee exporter<\/strong>? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenya is a top 25 coffee exporter, a rank it retained in 2023 by earning $260.983 million<\/u><\/a> in export turnover. According to a January 2024 USDA forecast, Kenya\u2019s exports in the 2024-25 season would depreciate to 720,000 60-kg bags<\/u><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How much do farmers in Kenya earn as a proportion of<\/strong> brewed <\/strong>coffee cup price abroad<\/strong>? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because much of Kenya\u2019s coffee undergoes export, it is only natural to compare wages at home and prices abroad. While Kenya\u2019s smallholder farmers earn between $1.40 and $2.30 a day<\/u><\/a>, a cup of coffee in London costs $4, according to the BBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A dry season, a milling revolution, upshot international coffee prices and a timely harvest have gifted Kenya\u2019s premium coffee a temporary break. Farmers have from November 2024 been enjoying high rates from roasters, spot on the country\u2019s strategic October-December harvest. 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