Kenya Karinga AA comes from the Karinga Factory in Kiambu County, operated by the Gitwe Farmers' Cooperative Society (FCS). Founded in 1983, the cooperative brings together approximately 650 smallholder farmers who cultivate coffee on the region's rich volcanic soils at elevations around 1,840–1,900 meters. 

Farmers hand-pick ripe cherries and deliver them to the factory, where the coffee is carefully sorted, washed, fermented, and dried on raised beds to produce the clean, vibrant cup profile Kenya is celebrated for. The cooperative also supports its members through agronomic training, field visits, and access to improved seedlings, helping maintain quality and sustainability from harvest to harvest.