Which Ethiopian coffee varieties are there? which Ethiopian coffee native species are divided into which African coffee bean varieties

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In general, you can divide Ethiopian coffee varieties into two categories: JARC varieties and regional varieties.

The JARC variety was developed by the Jimma Agricultural Research Center (JARC), one of the Ethiopian Federal Agricultural Research centres, to enhance resistance to pests and increase yield. There are about 40 such varieties. The regional terrestrial species is wild coffee that grows in the forests of Ethiopia. Getu told me there could be more than 10000 of them.

This means that when consumers pick up a bag of Ethiopian coffee and see varieties described as family heirlooms, the beans come from a combination of more than 10,000 varieties.

Advantages of using specific variety names

What if buyers no longer ask for family heirlooms, but for specific varieties? There is a view that this will encourage efforts in Ethiopia to use a common coffee language and will help us better understand which varieties exist in the first place.

"if you look at the maps of Ethiopian coffee varieties published by counter-culture, Kibri, Sinde, Bedesa, Yavan, etc.," Getu said. These different regional races from the western and southwestern regions of Ethiopia have different characteristics. It tastes different.

If you tell the farmer, 'only produce land varieties in the west and southwest, he will mix all these different varieties together and will produce mixed flavors.

Therefore, identifying the variety and selling it separately may mean that the buyer will have a more accurate understanding of the specifications of each batch of products.

Getu asked coffee producers in the Guju area to start selling in batches. He said: ". In the end, we found that Kurume (a regional land species) is an amazing variety that will change the overall quality of the region. "

He hopes to identify the variety of the coffee by name and specifically market it to help small farmers get a higher premium for their coffee.

The use of variety names can also help producers in other ways. Grow a big farm with coffee, and all you know is that it's a family heirloom, which may mean you're making a big investment in plants that can't resist disease. By using variety names, producers can better understand the risks of the crops they choose.

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