Coffee region guide
Muranga
무랑가
A smallholder origin south of Nyeri beside the Aberdare slopes. The Theri factory washed lot offers cocoa, florals and citrus.
Also known as: Murang'a · Murang’a
Place and growing environment
Fertile red volcanic soils accompany warm days and cool nights. Small coffee gardens are intercropped with food crops and supply cooperative factories.
Recorded flavors
- 01Cocoa
- 02Floral
- 03Citrus
Processing
Washed
Grown varieties
SL28 · SL34 · Ruiru 11 · Batian
SL28
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.
SL34
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.
Ruiru 11
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.
Batian
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.
Lot details
Murarandia PB
New Murarandia Farmers Cooperative Society — Murarandia Factory
Murang’a, Kenya · Harvest November 2021 – January 2022
- Variety · process
- SL28 · SL34 · Ruiru 11Fully washed with double fermentation
- Tasting notes
- Green apple · Sugarcane · Grapefruit · Nutmeg
Gondo Triple Washed
New Kiriti Farmers Cooperative Society — Gondo Factory
Murang’a, Kenya
- Variety · process
- SL28 · SL34 · Ruiru 11 · BatianTriple washed
- Tasting notes
- Plum · Caramel · Watermelon · Nectarine
Kanguya SL28/SL34 Red Honey
Kanguya Station and supplying smallholders
Muranga, Kenya · Harvest December 2025
- Variety · process
- SL28 · SL34Red honey
- Tasting notes
- Raspberry · Peach · Blood orange
Sources
- Murarandia Muranga AA(opens in a new tab)
Sucafina · Accessed
- Theri Murang'a PB(opens in a new tab)
Sucafina · Accessed
- Gatagua Muranga PB(opens in a new tab)
Sucafina · Accessed
- Kenia Murarandia PB(opens in a new tab)
Kilimanjaro Specialty Coffees · Accessed
- Crown Jewel Kenya Muranga Gondo Triple Washed CJ1536(opens in a new tab)
Royal Coffee · Accessed
- Kenya - Kanguya SL28/SL34 Red Honey(opens in a new tab)
20grams Coffee Roastery · Accessed