With mills spanning across three counties of what was formally the Central Province in Kenya, Zawadi is a blend created using carefully selected peaberries primarily from the Kamandi and Ndia-ini coffee factories.

Ndia-ini lies 5km from Mukurwe-ini and uses water fresh from the Gikira river for processing. The proximity of the river gives the factory its name which translates to ‘river ponds’ in the Kikuyu language. Kimandi is situated in the village of the same name, close to Kabare town. The word Zawadi itself is Kiswahili and means ‘Gift’.

Coffee is picked and processed at each wet mill before being collated and dry milled where it is graded, hulled and bagged for shipping. Processing in Kenya involves pulping the beans and transporting through sorting channels that grade the beans via density. These beans are then fermented and after fermentation is done, washed and soaked for a further 24 hours. This process is thought to develop amino acids and gift the coffee with an added clarity and complexity.