'Polygondwanaland' | King Gizzard X Fuzz
'Polygondwanaland' | King Gizzard X Fuzz
We are ecstatic to present our 13th installation of the Fuzz Artist Series; a recurring, collaborative project highlighting exceptional coffees and unique creatives.
This iteration we’re pleased to team up with King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, a band of eclectic psych-rock juggernauts that continually deliver albums that push the envelope. As part of the band’s bootlegger series in which the group gives the public free rein to release selected works, we've paired a show stopper of a coffee with a Salton-Sea Exclusive pressing of their standout record "Polygondwanaland" .
The group’s 12th studio album and the fourth of five albums released in 2017 alone, is arguably one of their finest works. The record takes listeners on a cerebral 45 minute journey compromised of astonishing instrumentation, expansive production, and beautifully creative storytelling. This is album is truly meant to be listened to from start to finish and we say this with confidence, that once it starts, you won’t want it to stop.
Coffee Info:
Region: Othaya Gatuyaini, Kenya
Tasting Notes - Champagne Grape, Meyer Lemon, Wild Flowers
Process: Washed
Varietal: Typica, Bourbon, Caturra
Altitude: 1900 masl
Varietal: SL-28
Whole Bean Coffee
11oz
Notes from the importer:
This coffee is from the Gatuyaini Factory, a washing station more or less. Nothing industrious about it, except for the machinery to wash and depulp coffee cherries! Gatuyaini is one of 19 washing stations that make up the Othaya Farmer's Coopertive Society, a coop-run organization, one of the older ones I might add. Othaya started in the mid-1950s, ballooning from 250 original members to 15,000 strong today. Altitude of the washing station is just shy of 1900 meters, and you mostly see SL-28 and SL-34, along with a little Ruiru mixed in. We keep returning to the societies who regularly produce some of the best Kenya coffees we see, and each year we come across coffees new to us - like Gatuyaini - and this list continues to grow. This is an "AB" separation, which denotes the size of the beans. All coffee in Kenya is sorted by size using large industrial screening machines. There's a grading name attached to each size range, "AA" for the largest beans, and in this case, "AB", which means that the beans fall between 15/64" and 17/64". Honestly, this doesn't always equate to a quality difference in the cup, but it does affect the price. AA's typically command the highest prices. And while we bought plenty of AA coffee this year, this AB lot from Gatuyaini won us over!
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