What is a hybrid variety of maracadura coffee? Malakadura Flavor Introduction

Maracaturra is called elephant beans because the beans are huge, much bigger than ordinary coffee beans.

Maracaturra is a hybrid of Maragogype and Caturra, and is one of the three major elephant bean varieties with Pacamara and Maragogype.

Elephant beans at high altitude do not produce much, but they are rich in taste and sweet enough.

Maracadura, a hybrid of bourbon and Tibica, is a hybrid of Kaddura and elephant beans, which is very large in shape, soft in texture and difficult to bake.

Maraka Dula (Maracaturra): is a mixed breed, like beans (Maragogype) and Kaddura (Caturra) mixed crystallization, is very common in Nicaragua.

But this variety has been planted twice in Apaneca, El Salvador, on Finca Himalaya, a coffee farm in Cup of Excellence, which has won two prizes. We interviewed Mauricio Salaverria, the founder of Divisadero Coffees, the Cup of Excellence that won other estates more than twice.

We talked while he was acting as an international guide to Micro Coffee Festival in El Salvador. He explained why he thought growing Malakadura would lead to a higher quality and yield of coffee.

Bourbon, Pacas, Pacamara: varieties of coffee from El Salvador

Malakadura is very rare in El Salvador. Bourbon, Pacas and Pacamara account for 83% of total coffee production. (according to Consejo Salvadore?o del Caf é)

All three varieties can create a very excellent flavor. World Coffee Research (WCR) says they are "very good", "good" and "very potential at high altitude", respectively. However, they are vulnerable to leaf rust and coffee berry diseases. El Salvador and other Central American countries were strongly affected by leaf rust in 2012.

Like Maracaturra, Pacamara is a hybrid of Maragogype-a variety of Maragogype and Pacas, rather than a high-yielding Kaddura. The non-profit organization Fundaci ó n para el Desarrollo Socioecon ó mico y Restauraci ó n Ambiental (FUNDESYRAM) reported that the average yield of Pacamara in El Salvador was 18 piculs per 1 to 2 acres. For Pacas, it is 24 to 70 centimeters per 1 to 2 acres, and for Bourbon, it is 25 to 55 centimeters per 1 to 2 acres.

Break with tradition: why Maracaturra?

Mauricio currently grows Elephant beans, Orange bourbon, and Pacamara. Although his current coffee has excellent flavor, he still tries to find ways to improve.

Mauricio talked to Manuel Meza, the then research director of The Salvadoran Foundation for Coffee Research (Procaf é), and Manuel Meza told him that he had met Maraka Maracaturra in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, and had won the top five positions of Cup of Excellence many times.

Manuel Meza was happy to help Mauricio, so he brought the seeds of Maraka Maracaturra to Mauricio to plant.

Flavor and taste:

Vanilla and fragrant aromas of flowers, sweetness and smoothness of cream, acidity of apples, sweetness of dried fruits.

The aroma of grilled baked nut biscuits and the reddish amber color, taste and taste are excellent.

The overall texture is quite round and has a long finish.