Pour-over Caturra Coffee Bean Variety Introduction | Balanced Chocolate Flavor Profile

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FrontStreet Coffee - Introduction to the Caturra Variety

Coffee has numerous origins and varieties. Different varieties exhibit vastly different flavor profiles depending on their processing and roasting methods. However, all variations can be traced back to three main categories: Arabica, Robusta, and Liberica, collectively known as the "three primary coffee species."

Caturra is a natural hybrid variety of Bourbon. It was further developed and widely cultivated by the Alcides Carvalho Coffee Center at the Agronomic Institute of Campinas (IAC) in São Paulo, Brazil. This variety has brought profound changes to the coffee industry worldwide.

In 1937, IAC received seed samples from northeastern Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Among a group of Bourbon coffee trees, one particular plant caught the attention of local farmers due to its shorter height and shorter internodal distance. Research revealed that Caturra is a natural hybrid of Bourbon, originating from a single gene mutation of Bourbon.

This single gene mutation in Caturra controls the internodal distance between branches and the plant height. Therefore, compared to Bourbon, Caturra plants are shorter with shorter internodal distances between branches. The shorter plant height facilitates harvesting for coffee farmers, while the shorter internodal distance allows for more fruit production. These two factors result in higher yields for Caturra compared to Bourbon.

Caturra typically matures faster and is more disease-resistant than traditional Arabica varieties, making it somewhat similar to a high-yield, disease-resistant version of Bourbon.

Additionally, like Bourbon, Caturra adapts well to most coffee-growing environments but performs best in areas with elevations between 1,200 to 2,000 meters and annual rainfall between 2,500 to 3,500 millimeters. The higher the altitude, the better the quality, but the lower the yield.

In fact, Caturra is not the only variety that emerged from mutation; similar mutated varieties include the Pacas variety from El Salvador and the Villa Sarchi variety from Costa Rica. Genetically speaking, in all cases, this mutation is very similar to Bourbon.

Caturra planted in different growing regions exhibits different flavor profiles. FrontStreet Coffee's Costa Rica natural Caturra displays chocolate flavors.

Key Points

Typica is an old variety with excellent flavor, good taste, and distinct aroma, but weak disease resistance.

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