KENYA | Oreti Estate AB | SL-28 & SL-34 | Washed

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<meta charset="utf-8"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-AU" class="TextRun SCXW225329986 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1" xml:lang="EN-AU"><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SpellingErrorHighlight SCXW225329986 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A0" data-ccp-charstyle-defn='{"ObjectId":"fceb5b5a-cd42-4699-aaab-f09f1a72a4d0|5","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[469775450,"A0",201340122,"1",134233614,"true",469778129,"A0",335572020,"99",201342446,"1",201342448,"3",201342449,"1",469777841,"Calibri",469777842,"Poppins",469777843,"",469777844,"Calibri",201341986,"1",469769226,"Calibri,Poppins",335551500,"2039330",268442635,"13",469778324,"Default Paragraph Font"]}' data-mce-fragment="1">Oreti</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW225329986 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A0" data-mce-fragment="1"> Estate was </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW225329986 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A0" data-mce-fragment="1">established</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW225329986 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A0" data-mce-fragment="1"> in 1946 by Peter Harries and his wife, Rowena. They </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW225329986 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A0" data-mce-fragment="1">acquired</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW225329986 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A0" data-mce-fragment="1"> the land, situated five miles above the already renowned Chania Estate, which rests on the same ridge descending from the Aberdare Mountains. "</span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW225329986 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A0" data-mce-fragment="1">Oreti</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW225329986 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A0" data-mce-fragment="1">" is a </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW225329986 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A0" data-mce-fragment="1">Maori</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW225329986 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A0" data-mce-fragment="1"> term signifying a place of profound peril and unspoiled beauty, also reminiscent of a beach near Rowena's upbringing in New Zealand. At present, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW225329986 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A0" data-mce-fragment="1">Oreti</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW225329986 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A0" data-mce-fragment="1"> is under the management of Boyce Harries and stands as one of the few remaining private coffee estates in Kenya, overseen by the descendants of its original founders. Beyond its exceptional coffee production, the Harries family co-established the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW225329986 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A0" data-mce-fragment="1">Wabeni</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW225329986 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="A0" data-mce-fragment="1"> Technical Institute, offering local children access to education in technical skills and trades.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW225329986 BCX0" data-ccp-props='{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}' data-mce-fragment="1"> </span> <div></div>