What Coffee Beans Are There Besides Arabica? Typica Coffee: A Delicate Yet Pleasant Lady with Unique Characteristics and Flavor

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FrontStreet Coffee - Typica Variety Introduction

Arabica is actually one of the most important coffee species in the world. Among all coffee beans worldwide, Arabica varieties account for about 65%-80%. In a sense, many coffee beans are Arabica varieties, such as Blue Mountain Typica, Brazilian Bourbon, and Panama Geisha. The so-called 100% Arabica can only represent the bean variety.

Typica is one of the most culturally and genetically important Arabica varieties in the world. It produces high quality in Central America but is susceptible to coffee leaf rust disease while being able to adapt to cold environments.

Typica is the most famous variety in the Typica lineage, characterized by tall plants, low yield, susceptibility to major pests and diseases, but high flavor quality. Like all Arabica varieties, Typica originated in southwestern Ethiopia. It was brought to Yemen in the 15th or 16th century. In 1770, India began planting coffee seeds brought from Yemen. In 1696 and 1699, coffee seeds were sent from India's Malabar Coast to Batavia Island (today's Java Island). These seeds are what we call Typica seeds. In 1706, a Typica coffee tree was brought from Java to the botanical garden in Amsterdam, where it found a home. In 1714, this botanical garden gave France a tree.

In 1719, Typica was introduced to Guiana (now Suriname) by the Dutch. In 1727, it spread to northwestern Brazil, and then to southern Brazil between 1760-1770. In 1723, coffee trees were transported from Paris to Martinique in the West Indies. In 1730, the British introduced Typica coffee from Martinique to Jamaica. It reached Santo Domingo in 1735. In 1748, seeds were sent from Santo Domingo to Cuba.

Later, Costa Rica (1779) and El Salvador (1840) obtained seeds from Cuba. In the late 18th century, cultivation spread to the Caribbean (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo), Mexico, and Colombia, and from there to Central America (it was planted in El Salvador as early as 1740). Until the 1940s, most coffee plantations in South and Central America grew Typica. Due to Typica's low yield and extreme susceptibility to major coffee diseases, it was replaced in most parts of the Americas, but it is still widely cultivated in Peru, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica, where it is known as Jamaican Blue Mountain.

Knowledge point: Most coffee grows in the equatorial zone between 25° north and south of the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. The coffee growing belt and country of origin have a huge impact on its flavor.

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