Coffee region guide

Rwenzori

르웬조리

A western Ugandan coffee origin along the DRC border, producing natural and washed lots through local processing facilities.

Also known as: Rwenzori Mountains · 르웬조리산맥

Place and growing environment

Mountain rainfall, fertile soils and banana shade feature in cultivation, while smallholders cooperate in processing and marketing.

Natural · Washed

Grown varieties

SL14 · SL28 · Typica · Older regional landraces

Selected by Kenya's Scott Laboratories in 1936 and also cultivated in Uganda.

Lineage: A Typica-related selection from Drought Resistant II.
Growing conditions: Tall plants with drought and cold tolerance.
Traits: Drought tolerance was a key selection trait; its genetic background differs from SL28.

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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.

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A foundational Arabica variety distributed worldwide via Java.

Lineage: Seeds transferred from India to Java in the late seventeenth century founded the modern Typica variety.
Growing conditions: Tall, low-yielding trees susceptible to major coffee diseases.
Traits: Adapted to cool growing conditions and valued for cup quality in Central America.

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