There are many varieties of Arabica coffee. In fact, there are more than ten thousand different varieties of coffee! The majority of these are not commercially available or even commercially viable as they are sub-varieties growing where coffee started in the mountains of Ethiopia.
Read More...Some folks are willing to pay a premium for unique coffees. That person is a coffee gourmet. Are you a coffee gourmet? If so you probably like healthy organic coffee. Are you familiar with Panama mountain grown organic coffee or Colombian organic coffee brands? Do you prefer coffee house coffee on the way to work? […]
Read More...Coffee varieties are the subspecies of coffee that occur by natural selection and by selective breeding. Disease resistance, yield and flavor vary from variety to variety. Variety or breed selection is critical to the planter as he or she must pick the optimal variety for altitude, sun or shade, soil conditions and climate. Regarding coffee […]
Read More...A coffee variety more resistant to coffee leaf rust than most is sarchimor. This is a hybrid between the Costa Rican Villa Sarchi coffee and a Timor variety. Timor coffee itself is a hybrid between Arabica and robusta which is what gives the coffee its leaf rust resistance. Besides being grown today in Costa Rica, […]
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