What is the Nyika and Agaro coffee in Malawi? What are the characteristics of Katimo coffee?

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Among the many kinds of coffee beans, only a small part of them actually make coffee. The three most basic categories, known as the "three native species of coffee", are Arabica, Robusta and Liberia.

Arabica (Arabica)

Small fruit coffee, commonly known as Arabica, is the most widely circulated and planted coffee on the market, accounting for 70% of the world's coffee production. Arabica beans are difficult to grow, unable to adapt to the changing environment, and need to be taken care of carefully. But Arabica has a rich and excellent aroma and flavor, becoming a boutique coffee is almost Arabica.

Robusta (Robusta)

Medium fruit coffee or Congo coffee, commonly known as Robusta. Robusta can be said to grow casually, is not afraid of insects, and can survive in any soil or environment. He is simply a cockroach that cannot be killed. Therefore, the price is low, but it has a strong bitter and sour taste, and the caffeine content is twice that of Arabica. I'm sure you've all had it, because Robusta has a low cost. Most of them are made into instant coffee or mixed with Arabica beans to reduce the cost to make Italian coffee. Commercial beans should also be mixed. If you want to drink Robusta, you can find commercial beans to drink.

Liberia (Liberica)

Daguo coffee, commonly known as Liberia, is as pest-resistant as Robusta and suitable for high-temperature and humid environments, but it is not widely cultivated and is mostly grown in South Africa, which is preferred by Nordic people. I heard that there is an invasive taste like traditional Chinese medicine. Liberia is not common on the market. If you want to drink Liberia in Taiwan, you may have to look for raw beans and bake them yourself.

Katimo (catimor)

The hybrid of Kaddura and Timo, found in Portugal, has high productivity, but the flavor inherits from its grandfather. Robusta, which tastes bitter and sour, is grown as a commercial coffee.

Nyika:

Also known as Catimor 129. the catimor variety with high yield / dwarf plant selected by catimor (Caturra x Timor Hybrid 1343) in Colombia has green leaf tip, large bean size and certain resistance to coffee leaf rust and coffee berry disease (CBD). It can be harvested in the second year and can be seen in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The introduction of Malawi began in the European Union, hoping to gradually replace the aging agaro or geisha varieties with high-yield catimors, and because catimor can reduce the use of expensive fungicides, these characteristics slowly restore the smallholder production system. Of the five strains introduced at that time, only one Cat129 showed some resistance to CBD.

Agaro:

Agaro, a regional variety from Ethiopia (so named after the city), borrows a paragraph from the draft that is still being written,'on Ethiopian Coffee Varieties_Counter culture coffee'agaro should belong to local landraces (original types) in two categories of Ethiopian coffee varieties: varieties that selected from forest is like Gujicha, Dega, Wolisho, kurume written earlier; according to coffee review 2011, cupping on the variety presents a citrus line and floral aroma similar to gesha.

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