Scott Labs selection 34 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 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 French Mission BourbonFrench Missionaries brought the original coffee to East Africa, from Reunion island to Tanzania, then Kenya. There are still areas with original Bourbon rather than the SL varieties.... ...more heritage. It supposedly is selected from French Mission 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 trees at Loresho EstateA "coffee estate" is used to imply a farm that has its own processing facility, a wet-mill. In Spanish this is called an Hacienda. A Finca (farm) does... ...more in Kabete Kenya.
SL types were responsible for 90% of Kenya coffees at one time, but is not longer true with the introductions of Ruiru 11An Arabica cultivar from Kenya, a dwarf form with resistance to CBB (coffee berry borer) and CBD (coffee berry disease) : Ruiru 11 is named for the station... ...more and BatianNamed after the highest peak on Mt. Kenya, Batian is resistant to coffee berry disease and coffee leaf rust, the two common fungal diseases affecting coffee in Kenya... ...more varieties.
SL-34 is said to have better yields than SL-28Scott Laboratories of Kabete Kenya developed the selection SL-28 Kenya cultivar, a preferred type with Bourbon, in 1935. It supposedly is selected from Tanganyika Drought Resistant cultivar, found... ...more, and is grown for a different climate and soil found
