Early Indian selection from 1911 in Mysore, named for L.P. Kent. The first coffee selected for rust resistance, and a parent of S.795.
Kent traces to a selection made by L.P. Kent in 1911 from a single tree on his Doddengooda Estate in Mysore, southwestern India, and it has been widely planted in India since the 1930s. It is known as the first coffee selected for rust resistance, though that resistance has since broken down. World Coffee Research describes Kent as a Bourbon-related population, while another source calls it a hybrid of Typica and an unknown type. Kent was introduced to Tanzania in the 1920s, where KP423 was selected from it, and it is a parent, with S.288, of the Indian cultivar S.795.
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S.795, released from India's coffee research program, comes from S.288 crossed with Kent.
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Sources · 2 Every sentence here was checked against a source we read. Taste notes are what guides describe, not promises about your bag. Last revised 2026-11-11.
- WCR Arabica Varieties Catalog: KP423 · World Coffee Research
- S795 coffee · Wikipedia