April 2021
If you’ve heard of the hills of Nandi county, Kenya, it may be thanks to Eliud Kipchoge whose message “No Human is Limited” became undeniable in October 2019, when in Vienna, he became the first person in the world to run a marathon in under two hours. This Kenyan three-time Olympic medalist (bronze in Athens 2004; silver in Beijing 2008; gold in Rio 2016) was born and raised by a single mother in Nandi county, western Kenya, not far from the border of Uganda. Here, the hills and mountains provided the perfect training program for Kipchoge and the group of athletes who continue to break global barriers in running.
But the lush hills generate other gems; namely, coffee. While not completely unknown to specialty coffee connoisseurs, Nandi’s coffee remains mostly unfamiliar to coffee drinkers who are more likely to see single-origin coffee bags that bear the name Nyeri, one of the counties surrounding Mount Kenya.
Recently, Nandi’s luscious soil is being re-imagined for its potential in coffee. Among the recent Kenyan entrepreneurs is Dr. Rosebella Langat, who, alongside her husband, started a coffee estate business called Chepsangor Coffee in 2018.
My article at BioCaf shares more about Rosebella’s coffee estate and how her eco-pulper contributes to their efforts toward sustainability!