Coffee region guide
Kilimanjaro
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A northern coffee origin on volcanic slopes around Mount Kilimanjaro. The medium-roasted ManushiSinde cooperative coffee shows fruit, chocolate and nut notes.
Place and growing environment
Steep volcanic slopes and day–night temperature variation characterize this origin, where smallholders intercrop coffee and food crops.
Recorded flavors
- 01Fruit
- 02Chocolate
- 03Nuts
Processing
Washed
Grown varieties
Bourbon · Kent · SL28 · Blue Mountain · N39 · Batian · Kents
Bourbon
A traditional variety central to the ancestry of cultivated Arabica.
- Lineage
- Belongs to the Bourbon genetic group and underlies several compact varieties.
- Growing conditions
- Tall plants susceptible to leaf rust and coffee berry disease.
- Traits
- Strong high-altitude cup potential; fruit ripens relatively early.
Kent
An Arabica selected in India during the 1920s by a planter named Kent.
- Traits
- Historically adopted for lower rust susceptibility and used as a parent of S795.
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.
Blue Mountain
A name associated with Typica material, also cultivated in East Africa.
- Growing conditions
- Among the varieties cultivated by growers supplying Mugaya in Kirinyaga, Kenya.
N39
A Bourbon-line selection cultivated in Tanzania.
- Growing conditions
- Mimba Farm in Songwe produces N39 as a single-variety washed lot.
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
Kilimanjaro Plantation Peaberry
Kilimanjaro Plantation Estate
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
- Variety · process
- Kent · BourbonFully washed and sun dried
- Tasting notes
- Nougat · Stone fruit · Black tea
Lyamungo Peaberry Washed
African Plantations Kilimanjaro (APK) — Lyamungo Estate
Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
- Variety · process
- Bourbon · Kents · N39Fully washed
- Tasting notes
- Candied lemon · Brown sugar · Almond
Lyamungo Peaberry
Lyamungo — Africa Plantation Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
- Variety · process
- Bourbon · Kent · N39Washed
- Tasting notes
- Molasses · Cocoa · Blackberry
Sources
- Kilimanjaro FW PB(opens in a new tab)
Sucafina · Accessed
- Kilimanjaro – ManushiSinde AMCOS, medium roast(opens in a new tab)
Buni Coffee · Accessed
- Our Coffee — varieties(opens in a new tab)
Kilimanjaro Plantation · Accessed
- Tanzania Kilimanjaro Peaberry — P114771(opens in a new tab)
ICT Coffee · Accessed
- Tanzania Lyamungo Peaberry Washed(opens in a new tab)
Red Rooster Coffee · Accessed
- Lyamungo Peaberry — Sunergos Washed(opens in a new tab)
Sunergos Coffee · Accessed