Coffee in Kenyan supermarkets

Today, our message will be a short one since it is our weekend as well. But as you can probably imagine, working on a research project will never take a real break.

Like today, we went to the local supermarket Nakumatt to buy our lunch. We passed the coffee section of the supermarket and there we were, checking all the packages whether they were selling certified coffee or not. As it turned out, after looking for five minutes we only found one certificating brand, a brand that was unknown to us. Apart from that, most of the coffee they sold was instant coffee.

While we were continuing our route to lunch, we again noticed something: a coffee stand. We asked an employee what it was; they were promoting coffee in the supermarket because a lot of people do still not know how coffee tastes. There even was a coffee machine present on the table, which is quite unusual as we learned, since coffee brewing machines are very expensive here.

Furthermore, the rain season has definitely started here! We experienced a lot of flooded roads last night, making the taxi driver turn back six times due to the high level of water.