Nili — meaning "indigo" in Swahili — is named both for the lot, as well as the deep purple cherries that make this coffee what it is. High in the Muruguru hills of Nyeri, at the foot of Mt. Kenya, only the ripest, most distinctly purple cherries are chosen, handpicked, one-by-one. Maguta Estate is the work of David Ngibuini, who inherited five acres of red volcanic soil from his mother and rebuilt it into one of the region's most exciting estates. David has gone further than his own fence line — building carbonic maceration infrastructure that every farmer in the area can use; 18,000 trees now feed into it. This is a true nano lot, and it asks for patience. The purple cherries are sealed in tanks and flushed with CO₂ for 120 hours, and are then dried whole over 44 days, being turned every hour. What lands in the cup is a coffee of bright, refreshing acidity bound in raspberry, mulberry & dried fig, with a sweet finish. Roasters' Select #6 commemorates opening our first international store, and being named London's Best New Coffee Shop in 2026.
