Tatu Coffee Estates Limited has won both first place and third place in the Washed Arabica Category at the National Taste of Harvest Kenya 2025–2026 Awards, the country’s most prestigious competition for coffee quality.
The Washed Arabica category is the most competitive in Kenya, reflecting the country’s global reputation for exceptional specialty coffee. This recognition places Tatu Coffee among Kenya’s leading coffee producers and affirms the strength of its estate-based farming and processing model.
Tatu Coffee owns more than 6,500 acres of legendary coffee estates in Kiambu County, just north of Nairobi. Tatu Coffee is owned by Rendeavour, the developer of Tatu City, which has a long-term investment approach that supports world-class agricultural practices, infrastructure development, and sustainability. This scale enables Tatu Coffee to maintain full control over quality while producing volumes suitable for global specialty markets.
“For decades, Kenyan coffee has been recognised globally for its exceptional quality,” Mr John Sathya, CEO of Tatu Coffee Estates Limited, said. “Winning first and third place in the Washed Arabica category confirms that our approach to farming and processing delivers consistent, internationally competitive results. This recognition validates our teams’ work and our commitment to producing world-class Kenyan coffee while creating meaningful impact for our people and communities.”
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Notably, the award-winning coffees were selected from Tatu Coffee’s regular production, demonstrating that the quality recognised by the judges is consistent rather than limited to special or experimental selections. The international jury praised the coffees for their complex notes of orange blossom, red berries, marmalade, and jam, highlighting the layered clarity, balance, bright acidity, and sweetness, which increased with extraction time.
Tatu Coffee focuses exclusively on the specialty coffee segment, supplying premium washed Arabica to roasters and buyers in Europe, the United States, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. The company serves discerning markets that value origin-driven quality rather than commodity-grade coffee.
Beyond quality recognition, the award underscores Tatu Coffee’s contribution to Kenya’s rural economy. Its estates provide thousands of permanent and seasonal jobs, generating significant employment and income in coffee-growing communities. This investment supports livelihoods, contributing to the resilience of Kenya’s coffee sector at a time when national coffee production has faced long-term decline.
All Tatu Coffee estates are Rainforest Alliance certified and operate under strict environmental, social, and agricultural standards. Sustainability is embedded across operations, through water recycling, reforestation, ecosystem conservation, and responsible waste management. The company also prioritises worker welfare through fair wages, safe working conditions, housing, access to education, and a long-standing school meals programme supporting children from estate communities.
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