About this lot
ORIGIN Despite sharing a border with the ‘birthplace of coffee,’ Ethiopia, the varieties that were brought to Kenya had circumnavigated the globe before they found their way back to the African continent. These varieties had mutated in various climates to create a profile that, once adapted to the rich soil around Mt. Kenya, resulted in the exciting and internationally renowned cup profiles that this beautiful country has to offer. The first coffee plants were brought to Kenya by Scottish and French missionaries, the latter contributing what would be known as French Mission Bourbon, transplanted from the island of Bourbon (now called Reunion). The Scottish, meanwhile, selected strains from Mocha, Yemen, in the 1930s, now famously known as SL28 and SL34 which now contribute to the dynamic quality of the coffees in the country even to this day, amongst other varieties. PRODUCER The Gondo w