Scott LaboratoriesScott Agricultural Laboratories AKA Scott Labs was a commercial research organization that was founded in 1903 by the Kenya Colonial Administration under British colonial rule. It moved to... ...more of Kabete KenyaKenya is the East African powerhouse of the coffee world. Both in the cup, and the way they run their trade, everything is topnotch.: Kenya is the East... ...more developed the selection SL-28 Kenya cultivarCultivar is a term used interchangeably with Varietal in the coffee trade to indicate plant material, although there are distinctions.: The naming of a cultivar should conform to... ...more, a preferred type with BourbonA coffee cultivar; a cross between Typica and Bourbon, originally grown in Brazil: Mundo Novo is a commercial coffee cultivar; a natural hybrid between "Sumatra" and Red Bourbon,... ...more, in 1935. It supposedly is selected from Tanganyika Drought Resistant cultivar, found by A.D. Trench on a trip through TanzaniaIn terms of the Tanzania coffee character, it belongs to the Central/East African family of washed (wet-processed) coffees, bright (acidy), and mostly aggressively flavorful of which Kenya is... ...more, and has similar drought resistant properties. SL- in the name is Scott Labs, of course, also called SAL for Scott Agricultural Laboratories
Some prefer SL-28 to the SL-34Scott Labs selection 34 Kenya cultivar, a preferred type with French Mission Bourbon heritage. It supposedly is selected from French Mission Bourbon trees at Loresho Estate in Kabete... ...more that was developed for a slightly different climate and terrain.
According to historical documents, AD Trench noticed a varietyA botanical variety is a rank in the taxonomic hierarchy below the rank of species and subspecies and above the rank of form (form / variety / subspecies... ...more growing in the Moduli district of what is now Tanzania, that appeared to be tolerant to drought, diseases and pests. Seed was collected and brought back to Scott Laboratories, where its drought resistance was confirmed.
The coffee he brought was called Tanganyika Drought Resistant and was widely distributed until superseded by its progeny, SL28. SL28 was considered the prize selection of this period of intensive breeding.Recent genetic tests have confirmed that SL28 is related to the Bourbon genetic group.
