Microregion guide

Tetu

테투

A coffee-growing district in Nyeri with Aguthi Cooperative and Mungaria wet mill.

Place and growing environment

Mungaria suppliers grow coffee above 1,600 metres in the southwestern foothills of Mount Kenya.

Washed

Grown varieties

Batian · Ruiru 11 · SL28

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.

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 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

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