Microregion guide

Karatina

카라티나

The producing area around Karatina town in Nyeri. The Ichuga washed lot has currant, berry and citrus notes with a clean, juicy profile.

Place and growing environment

Small farms in the volcanic Central Highlands supply cherries to several cooperative factories.

Washed

Grown varieties

SL28 · SL34 · Ruiru 11 · Batian

A drought-tolerant selection made by Kenya's Scott Laboratories in 1935.

Lineage: Selected from Tanganyika Drought Resistant, with Bourbon-related genetics.
Growing conditions: Suited to middle and high elevations; drought tolerant but susceptible to major diseases.
Traits: Long-lived trees can remain productive, with strong high-altitude cup potential.

Sources

Selected by Scott Laboratories from a tree at Kenya's Loresho Estate.

Lineage: Genetically associated with the Typica group.
Growing conditions: Adapted to high elevations with ample rainfall; susceptible to coffee berry disease.
Traits: Usually dark-bronze leaf tips, with high cup potential.

Sources

A compact, productive composite F1 variety developed in Kenya.

Lineage: Combines Catimor maternal lines with complex paternal crosses involving K7, SL28, N39 and Rume Sudan.
Growing conditions: High nutrient demand and early bearing.
Traits: Coffee berry disease resistance and rust tolerance are central breeding traits.

Sources

A composite of three pure lines released in Kenya in 2010.

Lineage: Derived from individual selections in F5 generations of certain Ruiru 11 paternal lines.
Growing conditions: Tall trees with rust tolerance and coffee berry disease resistance.
Traits: Its breeding ancestry includes SL28, SL34, Rume Sudan, N39, K7, SL4 and Timor Hybrid.

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