100% Kona | Kona Farm Direct | Washed | SL34
100% Kona | Kona Farm Direct | Washed | SL34
Kraig Lee at Kona Farm Direct has been farming and processing coffee for 30 years. A mentor in the Kona and Holualoa coffee community for this nursery expertise and pushing the boundaries of what Hawaii grown coffee can deliver.
We are excited to be offered his award winning washed SL34 this year. SL34 originally from Kenya is one of our favourite cultivars that is grown in Hawaii. Bold and juicy this cultivar always jumps out of the cup and makes us smile.
We taste notes of craft chocolate, raspberries, mango and red liquorice
4oz - $28
Kona Farm Direct | Washed | SL34
We’re proud to feature for the third year coffee from Kona Farm Direct, a family-owned estate in the heart of Hawai‘i’s famed Kona coffee belt. For over 30 years, the Lee family has cultivated exceptional, award-winning coffees using sustainable farming practices and meticulous attention to detail, from seedling to harvest. Their pedigree includes multiple top honors at the Kona Coffee Cultural Festival and global recognition for rare varietals like SL34, Mokka, and Geisha. In 2025, their SL34 set a new record for Hawai‘i-grown coffee, fetching an unprecedented $910 per kilogram at the Dubai Coffee Auction. By partnering with Kona Farm Direct, we’re able to share with you not just remarkable flavors, but a true connection to the land, the farmers, and the tradition of world-class Hawaiian coffee.
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.
Producer: Kraig Lee
Farm Name: Kona Farm Direct
Location: Holualoa, Kona, Hawaii Island
Harvest: Hand Picked fall 2024
Altitude: 1600ft
Variety: SL34
Process: pulped then fermented with select wine yeasts
Drying Method: dried in custom dehumidifiers
Direct Relationship coffee: Partner since 2023. We purchased 50lb at $36\lb
