Kenyan boutique coffee farm beans West Hannah Manor French missionary Bourbon grows sun-dried beans

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Kenyan boutique coffee farm beans West Hannah Manor what are the flavor and taste characteristics of French missionary bourbon sun-dried beans?

Country Kenya (Kenya)

Central province of producing areas (Central Provience), Sika (Thika)

1525 meters above sea level

The rainfall is about 800 mm

Planted varieties French missionary bourbon species

West Hannah Manor (Chania Estate)

Treatment of sun exposure

Flavor: prominent and round tropical fruit flavor, floral aroma, grape, blackcurrant, strawberry, wine

This unique raw coffee bean variety must look back in history: the French missionary French Mission was a primitive bourbon introduced by French missionaries at the end of 1800, while Kenya's annual 760mm rainfall, with an average climate of 22 degrees Celsius and crimson volcanic soil, gives full play to the genetic advantages of this variety.

West Hannah Manor is a medium-sized coffee estate owned by A.I.R. Harries and Son Ltd, a family business located in the town of Thika in Kenya's central province. The Harries family has lived in the Thkia area since 1904 and has been growing coffee for nearly a century. The Harries family donated more than 50 acres of land to the Sika City Bureau (Thika Municipal Council) and co-founded the Wabeni Institute of Technology, which aims to teach poor children practical skills to help them make a living, such as sewing, electrical machinery and carpentry.

The manor is made up of 180 acres of coffee germplasm, which has shrunk by 90 acres in the past two years, producing about 120t of shell beans a year. The varieties planted here are: French missionaries, K7, SL28, SL34, SL14, Ruiru11 and so on. The estate has 20 regular employees, including some third-generation family members. With the cycle of the harvest season, the manor will employ an additional 120 people at most.

This sun-treated Kenyan boutique coffee raw bean comes from Jason Long of Caf é Imports, who says:

West Hannah is one of the few large estates in Kenya that still have French missionary species, and SL-34 seems to have a closer relationship with missionary bourbon than SL-28, and SL-28 is the reason for Kenyan coffee's unique black beauty fruit bomb and grape flavor. Secondly, I often measure the flavor of lemon in French missionary cups. I don't like sun-treated coffee in all producing areas. I love sun-dried beans from Ethiopia because the sun-treated raw beans themselves have a very unique flavor. so after sun treatment, you can get a perfect combination of the sun flavor and the uniqueness of the raw bean itself. For me, Kenya's raw coffee beans are also very unique, and that's where the story begins.