Red Clay
View across coffee fields at Fairview Estate in Kiambu, Kenya.

Coffee, held by place.

The continuum

Earth becomes coffee. Coffee meets the vessel. The vessel holds a ritual.

A red earth track between coffee trees at Fairview Estate in Kiambu, Kenya.
01Earth
A hand holding coffee cherries at Fairview Estate in Kiambu, Kenya.
02Coffee
The Kiln Cup in raking light on a terracotta surface.
03Vessel
Hot water being poured into a coffee dripper.
04Ritual
Laterite coffee bag, front.Basalt coffee bag, front.Linen coffee bag, front.

The Material Series

Laterite, Basalt, Linen — three house coffees.

From KES 1,600

Current Harvest

Six coffees from three highland regions.

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Now roasting · Six lotsOrigins · Kenya, Burundi, EthiopiaNext release · Announced by letter

Plum Season coffee bag, front.

Plum Season

Kiambu, Kenya · Washed

Blackcurrant / plum / cane sugar

KES 1,950

Honey Bloom coffee bag, front.

Honey Bloom

Kayanza, Burundi · Washed

Red apple / honey / orange blossom

KES 1,900

Jasmine Air coffee bag, front.

Jasmine Air

Sidama, Ethiopia · Washed

Jasmine / yellow peach / lemon tea

KES 2,100

Origins

Three highland regions. Three ways into the coffee.

Open The Earthen Folio
Farmers sorting coffee cherries in Kenya.Central KenyaPlum Season · Cane LightCoffee processing landscape in Kayanza, Burundi.Kayanza / BurundiHoney Bloom · Red OrchardA coffee worker examining beans during sorting near Hawassa, Ethiopia.Southern EthiopiaJasmine Air · Blue Hour
Coffee drying on raised racks at Fairview Estate in Kiambu, Kenya.Edition 01 · FeaturedWater & TimeOn washing, fermentation and the patience a washed coffee asks for, from Central Kenya.Read the EditionDrying rack, Fairview Estate, Kiambu
Glass pour-over dripper and server casting shadows in morning light.

Object · The Kiln Cup

Clay outside. Glaze within.

High-fired iron-rich stoneware with a warm mineral-white interior. A tapered body that holds about 300ml, made for the first cup of the day.

Shop The Kiln CupKES 5,900
The Kiln Cup, red stoneware with a white glazed interior, on a terracotta plinth.