{"id":2709,"date":"2025-07-30T13:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foxiz.themeruby.com\/buzzvibe\/?p=2709"},"modified":"2026-04-08T00:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T00:10:30","slug":"coffee-lab-nairobi-a-kenyan-coffee-roaster-wins-prestigious-global-award-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecoffeeledger.co.ke\/?p=2709","title":{"rendered":"Coffee Lab Nairobi, a Kenyan Coffee Roaster, Wins Prestigious Global Award in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-muted-background dark:text-neutral-300 leading-relaxed text-sm lg:text-base mb-4 last:mb-0 \">Coffee Lab Nairobi, a Kenyan coffee roastery, has won the prestigious The Agency for Valorisation of Agricultural Products Contest (AVPA) \u201cCoffees Roasted at Origin\u201d competition in Paris.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-none flex flex-col gap-y-2 mb-8 \">\n<li class=\"flex items-start gap-3 text-sm lg:text-base leading-relaxed mb-2 last:mb-0 \"><span class=\"shrink-0 w-6 font-bold text-sm lg:text-base leading-relaxed mt-0.5\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"flex-1 min-w-0\">Coffee Lab won the M\u00e9daille Gourmet \u2013 Fruity &amp; Acidic Category, Filter Brew, a recognition that affirms both the quality of Kenyan coffee and the potential of value addition at origin.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"flex items-start gap-3 text-sm lg:text-base leading-relaxed mb-2 last:mb-0 \"><span class=\"shrink-0 w-6 font-bold text-sm lg:text-base leading-relaxed mt-0.5\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"flex-1 min-w-0\">The AVPA targets producers who take responsibility for roasting\u00a0<a class=\"text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-400 hover:text-blue-700 dark:hover:text-blue-300 hover:underline font-medium text-sm lg:text-base transition-colors duration-200 \" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HgPFgiJnwJA?si=u685lIjoF9nYXwKL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coffee<\/a>\u00a0in their countries of origin.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"flex items-start gap-3 text-sm lg:text-base leading-relaxed mb-2 last:mb-0 \"><span class=\"shrink-0 w-6 font-bold text-sm lg:text-base leading-relaxed mt-0.5\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"flex-1 min-w-0\">The award was received on behalf of Coffee Lab by Kenya\u2019s Deputy Head of Mission to France, Amb. Jane Lusenaka, highlighting the broader significance for Kenya\u2019s presence in international markets.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text-muted-background dark:text-neutral-300 leading-relaxed text-sm lg:text-base mb-4 last:mb-0 \">\u201cFor Coffee Lab, this milestone is not just about excellence in the cup, but about redefining the narrative of Kenyan coffee: keeping more value, skills, and recognition at origin, while showcasing to the world that Kenya can roast and compete at the highest level,\u201d Wanjiru Mari, Founder and CEO of\u00a0<a class=\"text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-400 hover:text-blue-700 dark:hover:text-blue-300 hover:underline font-medium text-sm lg:text-base transition-colors duration-200 \" href=\"https:\/\/www.coffeelabnairobi.com\/pages\/our-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coffee Lab<\/a>\u00a0Nairobi said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-muted-background dark:text-neutral-300 leading-relaxed text-sm lg:text-base mb-4 last:mb-0 \">Over 95% of coffee is exported green with roasting, packaging, and branding typically done outside the producing countries, where it can add over 300% to\u00a0<a class=\"text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-400 hover:text-blue-700 dark:hover:text-blue-300 hover:underline font-medium text-sm lg:text-base transition-colors duration-200 \" href=\"https:\/\/kenyanwallstreet.com\/govt-plans-to-nairobi-coffee-exchange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">its<\/a>\u00a0value. This setup heavily favors roasters and retailers in consuming countries, leading to an imbalance in profits.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coffee Lab Nairobi, a Kenyan coffee roastery, has won the prestigious The Agency for Valorisation of Agricultural Products Contest (AVPA) \u201cCoffees Roasted at Origin\u201d competition in Paris. \u2022Coffee Lab won the M\u00e9daille Gourmet \u2013 Fruity &amp; Acidic Category, Filter Brew, a recognition that affirms both the quality of Kenyan coffee and the potential of value [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[34],"ppma_author":[16],"class_list":{"0":"post-2709","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-events","8":"tag-runway-report"},"authors":[{"term_id":16,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"kenkariukiseogmail-com","display_name":"kenkariukiseo@gmail.com","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/69e638078deba46def9fc559a96d133ca84df74de91eb220035f88ce8c8797c3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoffeeledger.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoffeeledger.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoffeeledger.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoffeeledger.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoffeeledger.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2709"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thecoffeeledger.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2876,"href":"https:\/\/thecoffeeledger.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2709\/revisions\/2876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoffeeledger.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoffeeledger.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoffeeledger.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoffeeledger.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2709"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoffeeledger.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=2709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}