- Catalogue altitude
- 1,800 m · 1 of 1 catalogue coffees report altitude. Very small sample. This sample does not establish the full growing range.
- Climate
- cool, temperate; daytime 23.4-29.2C, nighttime 11.0-13.5C; annual rainfall 1,000-1,700mm across three rainy seasons
- Terrain
- predominantly flat with gentle undulations rising to the Cherang'any Hills (east) and Mount Elgon (northwest)
- Soil
- historically a white highland, economy driven by fertile soils and favorable climate
- Varieties
- Batian · Ruiru 11 · SL28 · SL34
- Base process
- Natural
fertile plains and favorable climate made the area ideal for maize, wheat, pyrethrum, coffee, and tea cultivation, which drove historical settlement