Introduction to the flavor of Kenyan coffee from the Heart of Africa. How about Kenyan coffee that has been grown for a century?

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When it comes to coffee in Africa, in addition to Yega and Sidamo in Ethiopia, there is another place where coffee has to be mentioned-Kenya!

Even though neighboring Ethiopia is seen as the birthplace of coffee, Kenya's coffee industry is relatively late. The earliest literature on the import of coffee was the introduction of coffee trees by French missionaries from the island of Reunion in 1893; it is generally believed to be bourbon coffee. The first batch of coffee beans was harvested in 1896.

Coffee was originally grown in large estates under British colonial rule, and the harvested coffee beans were shipped to London for sale. In 1933, the Coffee Act was passed and the Kenya Coffee Commission was established, which in turn transferred coffee sales back to Kenya. The auction system was established in 1934 and is still in use today. The following year, a draft grading system to help improve the quality of coffee was formally prepared. In the early 1950s, shortly after the Mau Mau uprising (Mau Mau Uprising) in Kenya, the government passed a farm bill that allowed each family to increase farmland ownership and grow cash crops to increase extra income in addition to self-sufficiency. The bill, also known as "Swynnerton Plan", is named after officials of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Kenya has a history of growing coffee beans for only a hundred years. In the 20th century, Kenya began to develop the coffee industry on a large scale under the leadership of British and German colonists. Today, Kenyan coffee production units are dominated by small plantations with an average area of only half an acre.

Although Kenya produces 49980 metric tons of coffee beans per year, far less than the top in the world, Kenyan coffee beans have many followers in the boutique coffee industry and are currently exported to developed countries in Europe and Asia. Buyers are world-class quality buyers.

Kenyan coffee is famous for its aromatic, full-bodied, fruity flavor and rich and perfect taste. It has a wonderful fruit flavor, tastes like BlackBerry and grapefruit, and is a favorite of many coffee gluttons. This coffee has an excellent medium purity, crisp and refreshing taste.

With its unique taste, it was awarded the "Top 30 Best Coffee in the World in 2017" in the famous coffee tasting website Coffee Review (Coffee Review). Among them, samples from Kenya occupied three seats, on a par with coffee sources such as Panama, Colombia, Ethiopia, Sumatra, Hawaii, Rwanda and El Salvador.

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