Is Katim the truth hidden by Arabica or Robusta Katim and Arabica?

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Qianjie-introduction to Yunnan Coffee

Coffee tree is a flowering plant of the genus Coffea of Rubiaceae. At present, there are about 120 species, ranging from small shrubs to 18-meter-high trees. Wild coffee species grow irregularly in the tropics, and new species are still being discovered.

Strictly speaking, there are only two species of coffee that are artificially cultivated to produce coffee: 1. Arabica Coffee (Arabica) 2. Canifra grows coffee (English Canephora, often referred to as "Robusta coffee").

Yunnan small-grain coffee, Rubiaceae, coffee genus, the planting area is mainly distributed in Lincang, Baoshan, Simao, Xishuangbanna, Dehong and so on. Yunnan coffee is a variant of Arabian original species, which is generally called Yunnan small grain coffee after long-term cultivation and domestication. The local people also call round beans "single-celled beans". Small grains of coffee are native to Ethiopia or the Arabian Peninsula.

Katim.

In 1959, the Portuguese mixed Brazilian Kaddura and Timo to cultivate the disease-resistant Katim / Katimo, which is now an important variety of commercial beans. Katim is a hybrid of Kaddura and Timor-don't be confused with Kaddura and Kaduai. This highly resistant plant has the ability to resist coffee leaf rust, so it was widely planted in Latin American countries in the 1980s.

Unfortunately, because the Timorese species (also known as the Alabasta species) is the product of a natural cross between the Tibica Arabica species and the Robusta species, although the latter can give it disease resistance, the delicate taste of the Arabica varieties has disappeared.

Knowledge: as early as 1892, a missionary from France brought coffee to Yunnan and successfully planted the first coffee tree in a place called Zhu Kula.

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