For decades, Kenya has produced some of the world’s most sought-after coffee. Yet, while Kenyan coffee is served in cafés and sold on shelves worldwide, very few of the brands behind those bags are actually Kenyan. Spring Valley Coffee is changing that.

Now available online nationwide and in its neighbourhood café on Camden Passage in Islington, Spring Valley Coffee is inviting British coffee lovers to experience Kenyan coffee exactly as it was intended to be enjoyed; sourced, grown, and roasted at origin by the people who know it best.

Founded in Nairobi in 2009, Spring Valley Coffee is one of the few coffee brands globally to keep the entire value creation in Kenya, a country of origin. It is also the country’s first B Corp-certified specialty coffee roastery and café, meaning every cup sold is verified to create measurable value for the communities it is surrounded by.

”For a long time, the world has enjoyed Kenyan coffee without knowing the people or the places behind it,” says Ritesh Doshi, owner of Spring Valley Coffee. “Bringing our coffee to London isn’t just about serving incredible coffee, it’s about giving farmer partners, the roasters, and the baristas a platform to the people drinking the literal fruits of their craft.”

A collection that tells the story of place

Kenyan coffee is often recognised for bright, complex flavours from the country’s famous highlands. But that is only one part of the story. Spring Valley Coffee’s collection brings together traditional cooperatives to emerging regions, women-led farms and pioneering producers proving that Kenya’s greatest coffees are still being discovered.

Halisi
Spring Valley Coffee’s original blend from Central Kenya, roasted since 2009
Stone fruit, vanilla, jasmine.
Halisi is where Spring Valley Coffee began: a blend built from the Central Kenyan cooperatives that shaped the brand from the start. Layered and expressive, it’s best enjoyed black as a French press to let its character fully unfold.

Elgon
Western slopes of Mt. Elgon, Espresso
Ripe pineapple, strawberry, honey.
Naturally processed on the 758-hectare Endebess Estate on the fertile western slopes of Mt. Elgon, Elgon dries inside the cherry to develop vibrant fruit character and a rich sweetness. Rounded out by a smooth honeyed finish it has a full, rounded body that shines equally well as filter or espresso.

Nuru
“Light”; the vibrancy of Kenya’s coffee landscape
Cherry, caramel, lavender.
Bright and smoothly sweet, Nuru is the most versatile cup in the collection. Silky as a latte, punchy as an espresso, refreshing over ice. However you take it, it delivers.

Mukuyuni
“Under the fig tree”; Machakos County
Dried apricot, honey, passion fruit.
Grown by more than 900 smallholder farmers who cultivate coffee alongside figs, flowers and honey, Mukuyuni has a silky, buttery mouthfeel that rewards a slow filter brew.

Kikaboni
“Organic”; Kenya’s first certified organic coffee to be roasted in Kenya
Rose petal, toasted almond, loquat.
Grown in Kericho County using regenerative farming practices that restore soil and biodiversity. An omni roast, Kikaboni performs equally well as espresso or filter.

Prices start at £17.00 for a 250g bag of coffee beans and the full collection can be found on the website here.

With its arrival in the UK, Spring Valley Coffee’s mission remains unchanged; to celebrate Kenyan coffee culture, empower the communities behind every harvest and bring Kenyan roasted coffee to the world, one cup at a time.