Introduction to Bourbon Coffee Bean introduction to those countries that grow bourbon coffee boutique coffee beans

Kenya SL28, SL34 (Bourbon): French and British missionaries and researchers screened and cultivated Bourbon in Kenya at the beginning of the 20th century. The special high concentration of phosphoric acid soil bred a special sour fragrance. The top Kenyan beans are from these two varieties. Transplanted to other continents, they will definitely lose their taste.

2. Geisha: In recent years, the popular variety belongs to a member of the iron pickup family. In 1913, it was quietly transplanted from the Geisha Mountain in southwest Ethiopia to Kenya, Tanzania and Costa Rica. In the 1960s, it was transplanted to Panama. After that, it took about half a century to make a blockbuster. It defeated Bourbon, Kadulla, Kaduai, Iron Pickup and other winning generals. In 2007, it sold at a high price of 130 US dollars per pound, ranking first in high-priced fine beans for several years.

3. Yellow Bourbon (Bourbon Amarello): Generally, coffee fruit ripens red, but yellow Bourbon ripens yellow, which is a unique yellow skin Bourbon variety in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In the past two years, Brazil's extraordinary cup has almost been won by yellow Bourbon.

4. Caturra: A single-gene variant of Bourbon, discovered in Brazil in the 1950s, which is more productive and resistant to disease than Bourbon, has a similar flavor, is suitable for cultivation at 700 - 1700 meters, and is highly adaptable to altitude, but yields are relatively reduced at high altitudes.

5. Pacas: Bourbon variety found in El Salvador, 1935 Salvadoran coffee farmers will be screened San Raymond Bourbon planted in the estate, to 1956, a friend of Pacas found that a few coffee trees higher than most coffee trees, they invited the University of Florida professor Gerwell to identify, identified as bourbon gene mutation, in order to coffee farmers named Pacas, Pacas high yield, good quality, very popular in Central America.

6. Villa Sarchi: Bourbon variety discovered in Costa Rica in the 1960s, which has appeared in competition winners in recent years.

7. Maragogype: The bean is at least three times larger than the average Arabica, and is the largest coffee bean in the world. It is a variant of iron pickup, first discovered in 1870 in the Maragogype region of northeastern Brazil. It is suitable for cultivation at low altitudes of 700-800 meters, but the flavor is lacking and has no characteristics.

arabica intraspecific hybridization

1. Mundo Novo: A natural hybrid of Bourbon and Sumatra iron pickup, first discovered in Brazil and known as the new hope of Brazil's coffee industry, it is named the New World species.

2. Catuai: It is a hybrid of New World and Catura. The fruit is solid and not afraid of blowing in strong winds. It makes up for the weakness of Arabica fruit. Red fruit Catuai often wins awards. It is listed as the four main varieties of Brazilian coffee with yellow bourbon, New World and red bourbon.