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Catimor Katim (Katim)

Catimor Katim (Katim)

Catimor: an important variety of commercial beans at present. East Timor was colonized by Portugal for 400 years, and the Portuguese had long been in contact with East Timorese coffee trees. In 1959, the Portuguese moved the Brazilian bourbon mutant Kadura to East Timor and interbred with Tim, who was of Robusta origin, and succeeded in breeding Kadim with strong disease resistance and super production capacity. Nineteen seven ○ to nineteen

Narrow leaf coffee Coffea stenophylla G. Don

Narrow leaf coffee Coffea stenophylla G. Don

Coffea stenophylla G. Don, Gen. Syst. 3: 581. 1834; A. Cheval. Op. Cit. 210; A. E. Haarer, op. Cit. 25; Hainan Flora 3: 348. 1974. Shrubs to small trees, 3-6 m tall, usually 1-3 m above ground before branching; old branches gray-white, with inflated nodes; young branches slender, compressed. Leaves thinly leathery, narrowly oblong or

Large-grained coffee Coffea liberica Bull ex Hiern Liberica coffee

Large-grained coffee Coffea liberica Bull ex Hiern Liberica coffee

English name: big fruit coffee Name:Coffea liberica: coffee introduce: initiated in Liberia and West Africa. Large shrubs or small trees, 6-15 m tall; bark dark brown; branches spreading, hard and straight. Leaves opposite, leathery, elliptic or Obovate-elliptic, 15-30 cm long, apex mucronate, base broadly cuneate, margin entire, rarely microwave, often in axils of lower veins

Species botany of coffee beans

Species botany of coffee beans

Scientific taxonomy of coffee: Plantae phylum: embryonic phylum Spermatophyta (unclassified) true dicotyledons eudicots core true dicotyledons core eudicots class: angiosperms Angiosperma (ungraded) chrysanthemum asterids lip-shaped branches lamiids: Gentianales family: Rubiaceae Rubi

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Vera Saatchi (Villa Sarchi)

Vera Saatchi (Villa Sarchi)

Vera Saatchi (Villa Sarchi): the bourbon variant, which was first discovered in Costa Rica in the six ○'s, has often appeared on the list of winners in competitions in recent years. Common cultivated varieties of coffee, types of coffee beans: Typica (Bourbon bourbon) gene mutants: Kenya [SL28] and [SL34] (bourbon line) Rosa (Geisha geisha)

Pacas (Pacas)

Pacas (Pacas)

Pacas (Pacas): a variety of bourbon found in El Salvador. In 1935, Salvadoran coffee farmer Pacas selected high-capacity varieties of San Ramon bourbon (San Ramon bourbon) to be planted on farms. In 1956, a friend found that the amount of bourbon in his farm was higher than that of the same kind of coffee tree, so he asked a professor from the University of Florida to identify it and confirm that the bourbon had a genetic mutation.

Ruyilu 11 (Ruiru 11)

Ruyilu 11 (Ruiru 11)

Ruyilu 11 (Ruiru 11): another hybrid product that reproduces low quality. In 1985, the Ruilu Coffee Research Center in Kenya used Tim as a stallion to create a new variety of Arabica and Robusta, which aims to improve disease resistance and increase production capacity, but the flavor is not good. Kenyan enthusiasts are worried that the popularity of this hybrid may affect farmers' planting [SL28] and [SL34].

Kaddura (Caturra)

Kaddura (Caturra)

Kaddura (Caturra): a single-gene variant of bourbon, discovered in Brazil in the ○'s. The production capacity and disease resistance are better than bourbon, but the trees are shorter and easy to harvest, but like bourbon, they all have periodic problems of production capacity fluctuation every two years. The flavor is comparable to or slightly worse than that of bourbon beans, but more importantly, it is super adaptable and does not need shade trees. It can also be full of vitality in direct exposure to the sun.

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Yellow bourbon (Bourbon Amarello)

Yellow bourbon (Bourbon Amarello)

Yellow bourbon (Bourbon Amarello): the English name can also be written as [Yellow bourbon]. It is suitable for both shallow and deep baking. It is a bourbon variety of yellow skin peculiar to the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Generally speaking, the coffee fruit will turn red when it is ripe, but the bourbon will not turn red when it is ripe, so it gets its name from orange. Huang Boben has swept the Brazilian [COE] competition in the past two years, and almost all of the top three prizes were won by Huang Boben.

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Geisha: Late bloomer variety

Geisha: Late bloomer variety

In 1931, it was exported from Geisha Mountain in southwestern Ethiopia to Kenya, Tanzania and Costa Rica. In the 1960s, it was transplanted to Panama. After nearly half a century, it was amazing. It defeated the ever-winning varieties such as Bourbon, Kadura, Kaduai and Tibika.

Robusta, one of the most important coffee tree varieties in the world.

Robusta, one of the most important coffee tree varieties in the world.

Robusta species (scientific name Coffee Robusta Linden). The leaf rust-resistant varieties found in Congo in Africa have stronger disease resistance than Arabica. In the general coffee market, many people like to compare robusta and Arabica coffee beans, which is incorrect. In fact, the Robsta species was originally a mutant of the Congo species (scientific name: Coffee Canephora).

Congolese coffee

Congolese coffee

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), runs through the north of the equator, mainly in central Africa, adjacent to another Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) across the Congo River. The Democratic Republic of the Congo was once known as Zaire, the capital of Kinshasa. In Chinese, the golden characters of the capital were added to the name of the country to distinguish between the two countries. The famous coffee in Congo (D.R.Congo) is Kivu. Named after kivu on the border with Rwanda

Rwanda Coffee

Rwanda Coffee

Global coffee producing area-since the 1920s, Rwanda Arabica coffee grown in Rwanda has been famous for its unique fruit sweetness and rich grass aroma. In recent years, the government of Rwanda has taken positive measures to vigorously promote coffee production, set up coffee production cooperatives in various places, and give technical guidance and financial support to farmers, so that coffee production can be achieved.

Zambian coffee

Zambian coffee

Zambia AA: African rookie, similar to Kenyan sour taste, mellow taste, strong wine flavor and earthy aroma. The Republic of Zambia is a landlocked country in south-central Africa, mostly in the plateau region. English name: The Republic of Zambia Eastern and Southwest Africa is the birthplace of coffee in the world, and Zambian coffee varieties are high-quality Arabica.

Cameroon coffee

Cameroon coffee

Cameroon has the characteristics of soil quality, climate and topography, which is suitable for the growth of many kinds of crops. The main crops are coffee, cocoa, cotton and other cash crops and millet, sorghum, corn and other food crops. Cameroon is rich in Rob Coffee Raw beans. Rich volcanic soil, high altitude, moderate rainfall-all of which make Cameroon an ideal place to grow good coffee

Burundian coffee

Burundian coffee

Burundi is located in central Africa with a pleasant climate. Arabica coffee beans grown in the mountains of north-central Africa are of high quality and have won first prize and sixth place respectively in the coffee quality rating of Southeast African countries and the Paris Coffee Fair. According to the annual production of coffee beans in this country, the annual output is between 8000 and 35,000 tons, which is mainly sold to Europe.

Angora coffee beans

Angora coffee beans

Angola's Angola, which has been growing coffee for more than 100 years, ranked first in Africa until 1960 and reached 225000 tons in 1979, ranking second in Africa and fourth in the world. The output in 1992 was 5000 tons. Sisal production is second only to coffee, and the level of per unit yield is higher. In 1986, the output reached 20,000 tons, sisal ranked second in Africa both in terms of output and export volume. Luo'an, Xinhuanet

Zimbabwe Coffee

Zimbabwe Coffee

Zimbabwe has been producing quality Arabica coffee since 100 years ago. But it was almost wiped out by insect pests around 1920. Since 1950, Zimbabwe has been equipped to produce quality coffee with the migration of coffee farmers from India and Kenya to Zimbabwe. The coffee-growing areas of Zimbabwe are mainly distributed in the northeast of the Chimanimani Mountains. The mountain range