Coffee Varieties Debunked: Why Not All Geshas Taste The Same
Not all Chardonnays taste the same. And the same is true for coffee varieties. Take a Gesha from Panama and a Gesha from Ethiopia: they ...read more
What You Need to Know About Colombian Coffee Variety Cenicafé 1
The choice of coffee variety affects a coffee’s flavour, growing conditions, roast profile, and more – which makes the release of a new Colombian variety, ...read more
Starmaya: Could This F1 Hybrid Be The Ideal Coffee Variety?
F1 hybrids tend to be high-quality, rust-resistant, and high-yielding varieties – the golden trio, as far as coffee producers are concerned. Yet there’s just one ...read more
Geisha vs Bourbon: A Crash Course in Coffee Varieties
In wine, varieties reign supreme. Everybody knows what a Merlot is or a Chardonnay. But in the coffee world, they’re less understood. You might have ...read more
Coffee Varieties: What Are F1 Hybrids & Why Are They Good News?
Coffee hybrids have the potential for high-quality cup scores, rust resistance, and greater productivity. But what actually are they? Why are they so important to ...read more
Coffee Varieties: Debunking The Myths Around Castillo
The Castillo coffee variety is controversial. On the one hand, it’s rust-resistant. On the other, coffee professionals are wary of the fact that its parents ...read more
How Is Honduras Responding to Recent Coffee Leaf Rust Outbreak?
The coffee industry has responded with shock and dismay to news that Lempira, previously thought to be a “rust-resistant” variety of coffee, has been infected ...read more
Rust-Resistant Coffee Variety Scores 90.5 Points in Nicaragua CoE
High cupping scores, high yields, and rust resistance? For specialty coffee producers, finding a variety with all three qualities is almost impossible. Often rust-resistant varieties ...read more
VIDEO: Introducing Liberica, a Lesser-Known Coffee Species
We like to talk about our high-quality Arabica coffee, but there are many more coffee species – all with their own unique characteristics and flavour ...read more
VIDEO: What Do Different Coffee Varietals Look Like?
How does your coffee taste? It depends on the varietal (among other factors). And there are countless different varietals: Caturra, Catuai, Catimor, Bourbon, Yirgacheffe, Pacas, ...read more
Kapeng Barako: Can This Filipino Coffee Varietal Be Third Wave?
Could the third wave rescue a traditional coffee varietal from extinction? Barako coffee, with its strong smell and distinctive flavor, has been a cultural staple ...read more
Maracaturra: Why a CoE-Winning Farm Grows Hybrid Varietals
The Maracaturra: a hybrid* varietal, a cross of Maragogype and Caturra, that is common to Nicaragua. But in Apaneca, El Salvador, it’s growing on a ...read more
Bourbon vs Caturra: What’s a Variety & Why Should I Care?
So you’ve been hearing the word “varietal” floating around. Or maybe you’ve been looking at your coffee packaging and wondering exactly what the difference between ...read more
Batian: Can This New Varietal Transform Kenyan Coffee?
Six years ago, almost to the day, a new coffee varietal was released in Kenya. Seemingly high-yield, disease-resistant, and high-cupping, it’s full of promise for ...read more
Producer Perspective: The Geisha Gold Rush Benefits Everyone
I’m a fourth-generation coffee farmer in Panama who produces Geisha, so I’m very familiar with the success story of this wonder bean. 13 years ago, ...read more
Insider Perspective: Why The World Needs The Robusta Gold Cup
Specialty Robusta is here, it’s being celebrated, and it’s what coffee needs. In July 2016, the first ever Taza Dorada Robusta, or Robusta Gold Cup, ...read more