County with a central coffee cooperative union along the Meru-Embu highway.
Meru is home to the Meru Central Coffee Co-Operative Union, which operates along the Meru-Embu highway. Meru delivered about 2.3 million kg in 2023/24. No source read gives its altitude, varieties or cup profile.
Field notes
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Meru delivered about 2.3 million kg in 2023/24, 4.7% of Kenya's output.
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Genuine Origin's 2024 report places Meru in a largely semi-arid Eastern region where coffee is the main economic driver, and notes high-altitude areas in the county.
Sources · 3 Every sentence here was checked against a source we read. Taste notes are what guides describe, not promises about your bag. Last revised 2026-11-10. Some details here are less settled than others.
- Coffee production in Kenya · Wikipedia
- Ten counties produced 91 per cent of Kenya's coffee output in 2023/2024 · Kenya News Agency (reporting Agriculture and Food Authority data)
- Kenyan Coffee: Origin Report 2024 · Genuine Origin