Jasper Arucha
Chogoria

Jasper's farm is located at an altitude of 2032 metres in the Meru region, near the village of Chogoria. This area borders the Tharaka Nithi region in central Kenya.
Jasper grows Bastian and Ruiru varieties on his 5 hectare farm. He is a member of MECOP.

MECOP is an association of small-scale Kenyan farmers led by David Maguta. MECOP is working exclusively with Belco to develop the European market and become more independent of the Kenyan chain, which operates on an auction system without traceability. The intention is to develop direct sales but also to increase quality.

MECOP works mainly in 3 producing regions: Nyeri, Embu and Kiambu with a dozen farmers. Each farmer has his own drying station and most of them have been financed by Belco, very high quality metal drying beds, Grain Pro bags, more precise equipment (moisture meter...). The coffees are therefore dried on each farm and then David Maguta takes care of quality control, transport to a private processing company and all the export management to guarantee the traceability of each batch...