Caturra Coffee Plant

Its name derives from the guarani word meaning small it is also called nanico.

Caturra coffee plant.

It produces lots of cherry and resists disease well making it very popular on small farms. In cooler climates you can grow coffee plant as a house plant. Water your coffee plant once or twice each week when the potting soil surface begins to feel dry to the touch. It is a very easy plant to take care of and is a great conversation piece especially during flowering or cherry development.

The cultivar has been responsible for profound changes and improvement in the coffee industry worldwide. Growing coffee plants at home is a rewarding experience that will help you learn and appreciate the work involved in producing coffee. When spring frosts have passed move the plant outdoors for the summer in a lightly shaded spot. Native to ethiopia the coffee plant coffea arabica will flower in the spring with small white flowers and then bear half inch berries that gradually darken from green to blackish pods.

This hybrid of the caturra was developed in colombia. Yemen yemeni coffee traded through the once major port of. It was discovered on a plantation in the state of minas gerais in brazil sometime between 1915 and 1918. Maragaturra is a man made hybrid plant between caturra and maragogype it was first bred in order to capture the flavor profile of maragogype with the higher yield and efficiency of the caturra varietal.

Caturra has a single gene mutation that causes the plant to grow smaller called dwarfism. Very high susceptibility to coffee leaf rust. Pot the coffee plant in an acidic soil that s porous free draining and fairly sandy. Place the plant in a bright sunny window.

Maintain steady air temperatures around your coffee plant of 59 to 75 degrees fahrenheit. A compact plant with good yielding potential of standard quality in central america. Use a container with a hole in the bottom for drainage and a well draining potting soil. Caturra is a natural mutation of the bourbon variety.

Africa a bourbon cultivar grown in rwanda. Each of these fruits contains two seeds which eventually become the coffee beans you use for brewing coffee.