Situated in the beautiful western cape province of south africa the caturra africa is a local roaster of only the highest quality coffee s available.
Caturra coffee tree.
Bourbon like typica is integral to the coffee variety family tree.
A brazilian contribution to arabica s american catalog caturra is a single gene mutation of bourbon first reported in 1937 along the border of minas gerais and espĂrito santo.
Caturra pache pacas villalobos villa sarchi.
Caturra is also known for being one of the parents the so called catimor family of cultivars.
Various lines of the coffee leaf rust resistant timor hybrid were crossed with caturra to produce a dwarf plant with rust resistance.
It has less clarity and sweetness than its parent bourbon.
Examples of catimor varieties include.
Caturra is distinguished by its bright acidity and low to medium body.
First developed in brazil these small trees are found throughout colombia costa rica and nicaragua.
It s primary mutation characteristic is its short stature which allows for denser planting and easier picking.
Costa rica 95 catisic lempira and ihcafe 90.
Jose antonio san roman.
It s still grown worldwide and is a parent to popular coffee varieties such as mundo novo natural breeding of typica and bourbon and caturra a natural mutation of bourbon.
Matti foncha is the founder of cameroon boyo.