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<p><strong>Region:</strong> <meta charset="utf-8"><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW105969335 BCX0" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW105969335 BCX0">Thika, Kiambu</span></span></p> <p><strong>Elevation:</strong><span> 1524 masl</span></p> <p><meta charset="utf-8"><strong>About: <meta charset="utf-8"></strong><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-AU" class="TextRun SCXW194196840 BCX0" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW194196840 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A3" data-ccp-charstyle-defn='{"ObjectId":"7b1e1e2e-2ea3-42e2-8007-33acdd7477e4|5","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[201342446,"1",201342447,"5",201342448,"1",201342449,"1",469777841,"Calibri",469777842,"",469777843,"Calibri",469777844,"Calibri",201341986,"1",469769226,"Calibri",268442635,"16",469775450,"A3",201340122,"1",134233614,"true",469778129,"A3",335572020,"99",335551500,"2039330",469778324,"Default Paragraph Font"]}'>Chania Estate was founded in 1926 by Allen Harries, Boyce’s great-great-grandfather. Allen moved to Kenya from South Africa and travelled for two days from Nairobi</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW194196840 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A3">, on donkeys, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW194196840 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A3">to the area that would later become Thika. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW194196840 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A3">In the beginning, the family </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW194196840 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A3">set about discovering what could be </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW194196840 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A3">farmed</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW194196840 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A3"> successfully and tried</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW194196840 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A3"> cattle, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW194196840 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A3">sisal</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW194196840 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A3"> and pineapples</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW194196840 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A3">, but over time coffee became the dominant</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW194196840 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A3"> crop.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW194196840 BCX0" data-ccp-props='{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}'> </span></p> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW194196840 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW194196840 BCX0" paraid="613416822" paraeid="{7cd127bb-0a8a-459e-9f64-e227b9d09628}{3}"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-AU" class="TextRun SCXW194196840 BCX0" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW194196840 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A3">Today, Chania Estate is planted with several coffee varieties, including the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW194196840 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A3">very rare</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW194196840 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A3"> SL</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW194196840 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A3">-</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW194196840 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A3">14, and is also one of the only estates that produce high scoring natural and anaerobic lots. Apart from producing amazing coffee, the Harries family co-founded the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW194196840 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A3">Wabeni</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW194196840 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A3"> Technical Institute, which provides local children access to education in technical skills and trades.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW194196840 BCX0" data-ccp-props='{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}'> </span></p> </div> <!---->