What is pink bourbon? Where is the producing place of pink bourbon with low production?

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Pink bourbon, as the name implies, its coffee cherries are romantic pink when ripe, but it is difficult to maintain this romance, sometimes we harvest some orange bourbon, that is because, the color of coffee fruit is ultimately determined by the recessive genes in the pollen grains. Among the pollen grains we selected to cross, there are both yellow genes inclined to yellow bourbon and red genes inclined to red bourbon, and these are recessive genes, which are very easy to interfere with each other. It is difficult for us to control its stability when the hybrid technology of new varieties is not mature, and it is even more important whether we can produce our favorite pink coffee cherries at this stage.

Now we can see pink bourbon in Colombia and Guatemala. The production of pink bourbon is very small, but it is resistant to leaf rust. At the same time, its yield is so unstable that it needs to be planted in isolation very carefully before it can be cultivated.

Pink bourbon comes from the Keltiras Farm in the Guatemala-Hutiapa region. The plantation is located in the southeast of the country, 124km from the capital Guatemala City. The owner built the plantation on a high ground of 1500 meters. According to him, coffee trees that can produce pink coffee fruits have been around for some time. It's just that he has never thought of separating them separately before, and he has only recently begun to separate the pink cherries and wash them.