SL28 and SL34 coffee varieties
Variedades de café SL28 y SL34
- Date
- c. 1935 · confidence medium
- Place
- Kabete, Nairobi, Kenya
- Credited to
- Scott Agricultural Laboratories
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
Arabica coffee selections made in the 1930s at Kabete from drought-resistant plants. They give a cup of high acidity and aroma and became the basis of Kenya's high-end coffee.
The SL28 and SL34 selections were made in the 1930s (the exact release date varies by source); their genetic origin is attributed to Tanzanian and Bourbon varieties.
What it led to
- Kenyan specialty coffee at international auctions
- smallholder producers in the Kenyan highlands
- later crosses to improve resistance to leaf rust and coffee berry disease
Built on
- Use of Arabica coffee in the Kaffa forests