100% Kona | Kona Rainforest Farms | Washed | SL34
100% Kona | Kona Rainforest Farms | Washed | SL34
This is our 5th season working with Kona Rainforest Farms (KRF) our longest direct relationship at Outpost.
When we first visited KRF back in 2018 they had just cleared the adjacent plot to their original farm to plant their rarer varietals. Now 5 years later we have been buying their SL34 variety for 3 seasons and it just keeps getting better.
Light Roast - Winey Body
Notes of cherries, blackcurrants and a winey finish like a pinot noir
Kona Rainforest Farms sits as a beacon for sustainable organic coffee farming. Producing their own organic fertilizer for the lack of sustainable alternatives, they now produce their fertilizer for a multitude of organic farms throughout the state. Newly planted acres of exciting varieties such as SL-28, K7 and Red Bourbon and their off-grid solar mill present a bright and exciting future for KRF. Each step of resourcefulness sets a new standard for the industry. Partnering with Kona Rainforest Farms, we get the chance to partner with a farm that leads organic coffee farming into a new era.
This rare coffee variety is made famous by the big sweet juicy coffees Kenya is known for.
SL34 was originally selected in Kenya the late 1930s at the Scott Agricultural Laboratories. Individual tree selections made at the Scott Laboratories in Kenya during the 1935-1939 period were prefixed “SL.” SL34 was selected from a single tree on the Loresho Estate in Kabete, Kenya since research at the Scott Laboratories was often conducted in cooperation with local, private estate owners. The tree was labeled “French Mission.”
French missionaries known as Spiritans established a mission in 1893 at Bura (Taita Hills, Kenya), in which Bourbon coffee seeds originating from La Réunion island were planted. The seedlings from Bura were brought to another French Mission in Saint Austin (near Nairobi) in 1899, and from there seeds were distributed to settlers willing to grow coffee. This is the origin of so-called French Mission coffee.
Producers Name: Dawn Barnes & Managers Lit and Jessie
Farm Name: Kona Rainforest Farms
Location: Captain Cook, Kona, Hawaii Island
Harvest: Hand picked in Fall 2023
Variety: SL 34
Process: Washed, 18hr dry anaerobic fermentation
Drying Method: initial patio dried and finished in dryer
Certifications: Organically grown
This is a relationship coffee from our friends owner Dawn Barnes and farm manager Lit . This is the third year purchasing SL34 and fifth year purchasing coffee from KRF. Purchased 50lb at $42 per pound. We hope to continue working and building on our long relationship with KRF.
