Colombia coffee

Source：https://www.fivesenses.com.au/blog/curated-cupping-cultivars-colombia/

Arabica and Canephora (aka Robusta) are two different species of the same Coffea genus. Varieties dive even deeper into a species e.g. Typica coffee would beCoffea Arabica var. Typica.There are many varieties within each species – but it’s only when they team up with adifferent speciesthat we get a ‘hybrid.’

Geisha is one of (if notthe)most famous coffee variety! Geisha is a wild Ethiopian coffee which is now widely cultivated in Central America. It is thought to have originated in the western Ethiopian town of Gesha, which adds fuel to the debate about whether it should be called Gesha or Geisha.

Maracaturra This coffee is thought to be a naturally occurring Brazilian hybrid. It is a cross between Maragogype (a natural mutation of Typica) and Caturra (a natural mutation of Bourbon). This variety is often found in Central America, particularly in Nicaragua and Guatemala.

Tabi which means ‘good’ in the Guambiano (a native Colombian tribe) dialect, is a variety which can be aptly described as a cultivar. The Tabi variety is the result of many years of research done by Cenicafe, starting in the 1960’s.

Java is a Typica selection which is widely suspected to be the progeny of coffee introduced via Yemen to the Indonesian island of Java. From Java, this plant was first brought to neighbouring islands (Timor) and later to East Africa (Cameroon), where it was observed to be partially resistant to Coffee Berry disease, something which was a large-scale problem for African farmers. After nearly twenty years of selection, it was released in Cameroon in the 1980’s.

Pink Bourbon is a mutation of Red and Yellow Bourbon, but carries a recessive gene and is easily thwarted by the dominant yellow and red genes.