Microregion guide

Othaya

오타야

A Nyeri locality with factories belonging to the Othaya cooperative. The Kagere AB lot offers florals, berries, chocolate and honey sweetness.

Place and growing environment

Farms around Rukira cultivate coffee in the red volcanic soils of the highland Aberdare slopes.

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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