Introduction to coffee varieties: flavor and taste characteristics of Kaddura coffee varieties Kaddura coffee history

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As a dwarf coffee variety of standard quality in Central America, Kaddura has good yield potential and high sensitivity to coffee leaf rust, so it is widely cultivated in early Central and South America and is also the main force of coffee production in many regions. In this article, let's follow Qianjie Coffee to learn about Kaddura coffee beans.

Introduction to the History of Kaddura Coffee varieties

Kaddura is a natural variety of bourbon. It was discovered sometime between 1915 and 1918 on a plantation in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.

Caturra has a single gene mutation that causes plants to become smaller (called dwarfing). Its name comes from Guarani, which means "small". It is also known as

"Nanico". After the discovery of Caturra, the Agricultural College of Campinas Sao Paulo State (IAC) in Brazil began to make choices in 1937. Breeders are interested in the small size of Caturra, which allows plants to be placed closer together, and its secondary branches are closely spaced, allowing it to produce more fruit in the same space.

Kaddura's breeding process is called large-scale breeding, which means selecting a group of individuals based on their excellent performance, gathering the seeds of these plants together to form a new generation, and then repeating the process. The variety has never been officially released in Brazil, but it is common in Central America.

It was launched in Guatemala in the 1940s, but was not widely adopted commercially over the next 30 years. From Guatemala, it was introduced to Costa Rica, Honduras and Panama. Today, it is one of the most economically important coffee in Central America, so much so that it is often used as a "benchmark" for testing new varieties. In Colombia, Caturra is thought to represent nearly half of the country's production until a government-funded scheme began in 2008 to encourage the transformation of more than 3 billion coffee trees with leaf rust-resistant Castillo varieties (with Caturra lineage).

In the second half of the 20th century, the Kaddura region promoted the intensification of coffee cultivation to some extent through high-density cultivation (usually in plenty of sunlight).

Caturra is also known as one of the parents of the so-called "Catimor" cultivated variety family. Various strains of coffee leaf rust resistant Timor Hybrid hybridized with Caturra to produce a dwarf plant with rust resistance. Examples of Catimor varieties include: Costa Rica 95, Catisic, Lempira and IHCAFE 90.

Flavor and taste characteristics of Kaddura coffee beans

After the test of the coffee cup in the front street, it is determined that the sour aroma of Kaddura coffee under the traditional treatment is obvious, the whole is bright, and if properly handled, the sweetness can be very good. However, the alcohol content of coffee is relatively low compared with bourbon, and the cleanliness of the taste is a little less.

At present, among the selected rations coffee beans sold in Qianjie Coffee, the beans representing the Colombian Huilan producing area are Kaddura varieties. The coffee beans planted at an altitude of 1500-1800m and treated with traditional water washing are selected. After moderate roasting, the coffee flavor can show nuts, dark chocolate, caramel and soft citrus acid.