Nairobi Fairview Coffee Farm Tour: From Bean to Cup
Harvesting, processing, roasting and tasting coffee on one afternoon at Fairview
A hands-on coffee farm tour at Fairview in Nairobi where you follow the entire production cycle from cultivated plants through to roasted beans, with a guide explaining each stage and a tasting session at the end. You'll see how coffee cherries are hand-picked, processed through washing and drying, roasted from raw bean to finished product, and taste the flavors that emerge at each stage. The tour runs about five hours and ends with the chance to buy beans to take home.
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Coffee farm tour and tasting experience
- Learn about coffee growing
- Observe coffee cherry harvesting
- See coffee processing stages
- Watch coffee roasting demonstration
- Participate in coffee tasting session
- Buy coffee products to take home
What’s included
- Air-conditioned vehicle for transport to and from the farm.
- coffee and tea throughout the tour.
- a guide in English explaining each stage of production.
- access to the roasting demonstration and tasting session.
- the opportunity to purchase coffee products at the end.
Times
- Every day 09:00 12:00
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The experience
The tour starts with a guide explaining how coffee plants grow and what conditions they need, then moves into the actual work: you'll learn how ripe coffee cherries are hand-picked from the plants and what happens next. Once harvested, the cherries go through washing, drying and milling to extract the beans inside: stages you'll see demonstrated rather than just described. The roasting happens next, and this is where the raw beans transform into what you recognize as coffee. You get to smell and taste the beans as they move through different roasting stages so you can pick up how the flavor changes.
The tasting session is built around coffee cupping, a structured way to taste and compare the flavors in the beans from this specific farm. You'll explore the nuances of different coffee profiles and understand what makes one batch taste different from another. An air-conditioned vehicle gets you to and from the farm, and coffee and tea come with the tour. At the end, you can buy the farm's coffee products to take home if anything caught your taste.
Is this one for you?Book the afternoon tour if you want to fit the full production cycle into a single afternoon without rushing. The five-hour span gives you time to move through each stage (from the plants to the roasting floor to the cupping table) without feeling compressed, and you'll finish with enough daylight left to get back into the city.
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Top questions
Can children come?
Yes. Ticket types: Youth (13 years); Child (4 to 12 years); Infant (under 4): free.
What exactly happens during the coffee tasting part of the tour?
The tasting is a coffee cupping session where you taste and compare the flavors in beans from Fairview Farm. You'll learn to identify the nuances in different coffee profiles and understand how the roasting stage affects what you taste in the cup.
Will I actually get to pick coffee cherries myself, or just watch?
The tour includes a chance to learn about hand-picking when the cherries are ripe, though the exact hands-on opportunity depends on the season and what's happening on the farm that day.
How long does the whole tour take?
The tour runs about five hours from start to finish, covering the full journey from the growing plants through to the tasting and the chance to buy coffee at the end.
Is there lunch included, or should I eat before I go?
Lunch is not part of this tour, though coffee and tea are provided. Plan to eat before you arrive or bring a snack if you prefer.
Do I need to arrange my own way to the farm, or is transport included?
An air-conditioned vehicle is included to get you to and from Fairview Farm, so you don't need to arrange separate transport.
Nairobi Fairview Coffee Farm Tour: From Bean to Cup
5h · EN · at your hotel
from US$ 33.60 per person
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