Mukangu Factory

Mukangu Factory is a coffee wet mill in Ruchu sublocation, Kangema Sub-county, Murang'a, in the Central Highlands of Kenya. Established in the 1970s, it is one of the factories of the Ruchu Gacharage Farmers Cooperative Society, alongside Ruona, Kahiga, Kamichee and Ruchu.

The factory serves approximately 800 smallholder farmers, most of whom cultivate less than one hectare and intercrop their coffee with subsistence crops such as maize and beans. Their farms sit at roughly 1,650 to 1,850 meters above sea level, with some plots reaching 1,900 meters, where moderate high-altitude conditions shape Murang'a's coffee quality. The region's red volcanic soils are rich in nutrients and well-draining, promoting healthy tree development and consistent cherry maturation.

Annual rainfall averages around 1,200 to 1,300 mm, falling in long rains from March to May and short rains from October to December. This bimodal pattern supports two flowering cycles a year, contributing to the structured acidity and layered cup profiles typical of Central Kenyan coffees.

Farmers grow SL-28, SL-34, Ruiru 11 and Batian, harvesting from October through December. Cherry is delivered to the factory and washed, producing the clean, bright lots behind our Kenya Mukangu.