What is the variety of Kenyan SL28,SL34? What are the advantages and characteristics of genes?

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What is the variety of Kenyan SL28,SL34? What are the advantages and characteristics of genes?

Kenya AA FAQ

Country: Kenya Kenya

Variety: multi-door Kenya

Grade: AA

Coffee trees in Kenya are mostly planted at 1400-2100 meters above sea level, and their growing areas include Ruiri, Thika, Kirinyaga, and Mt. Kenya West, Nyeri, Kiambu and Muranga. Mainly in the foothills of Mt.Kenya and Aberdare. There are two rainy seasons in a year, which is also the coffee bean harvest season. The main harvest season is from October to the end of the year, followed by the harvest season from June to August. Kenya's boutique coffee beans, which are full of wild land and hot sunshine, are outstanding representatives of the African continent.

Kenyan boutique coffee is washed with water, so the flavor is clean and bright, and the sour taste is more prominent. Many small farmers still adhere to high-quality control, high-quality products come out one after another. In the phosphoric acid-filled Kenyan soil, it seems that both SL-28 and SL-34 bourbon variants have adapted and are the contributors to the unique aroma of Umei acid. The unique aroma of Umei acid, citrus, wine-like taste, mixed with sweet sugar cane, strong aroma but elegant, clear and distinct layers, complex and deep taste, full of individual acidity, showing the extraordinary quality of Kenyan boutique coffee. In Kenyan boutique coffee, AA Top (AA Estate) is the best, followed by AA Plus, AA FAQ (Fair Average Quality), AB Top (AB Estate), AB Plus, AB FAQ and PB (PeaBerry). There are many producing areas in Kenya that strive to preserve the native forest ecosystem, protect the natural gene pool, support the reproduction of wild coffee varieties and breed a variety of coffee trees. In 1930, the unique Kenyan varieties SL28 and SL34, which were cultivated and named by the "Scott Laboratories" laboratory, were born under such a good environment.

According to botanists in the SL laboratory, SL28,SL34 is a genetic variant. Where:

It has the mixed pedigree of French missionaries, mocha and YemenTibica.

It has French missionaries, bourbon, and more Tibica blood.

The goal of cultivating SL28 was to mass produce coffee beans with high quality and resistance to diseases and insect pests. Although the yield of SL28 is not as high as expected, copper leaf and broad bean-shaped beans have great sweetness, balance and complex flavor, as well as significant citrus and black plum characteristics. While SL34 is similar to SL28 in flavor, except for its complex acidity and great sweetness, it is heavier, more full-bodied and cleaner than SL28.