Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Thursday met US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman where they discussed how Kenya would access the United States market.
Gachagua said they had fruitful discussions.
"I held further discussions with Whitman and her team, to agree on a roadmap and timelines of directly accessing the US market for our coffee farmers," he said.
"We are making headway."
The deputy president was accompanied by the Trade CS Rebecca Miano and the CS for Cooperatives Simon Chelugui.
Gachagua said Kenya is eying direct sales of coffee to the US, Germany and other lucrative markets.
This, he said, is part of the ongoing reforms of linking farmers to buyers for better returns.
Gachagua said Kenya has already initiated discussions with key stakeholders in the United States.
He said a high-level meeting will be held on actualising the venture, which seeks to eliminate brokers from the supply chain, adding that no amount of blackmail will stop the reforms.