Timor Coffee Varietal

Its maturation is early and delivers high yields but it needs strict methods of fertilization and shade.

Timor coffee varietal. Robusta and coffea arabica the hybrido de timor coffee plant varietal was first discovered in the 1940s on the island of timor in indonesia. In this video amber explains it. One varietal that has quite the unique background is catimor. High yielding dwarf variety resistant to coffee leaf rust and coffee berry disease.

The plant s thick sturdy trunk and droopy branches allow for nutrients to disperse efficiently encouraging high cherry yields which farmers naturally appreciate. Robusta and coffea arabica the hybrido de timor coffee plant varietal was first discovered in the 1940s on the island of timor. Timor hybrid which is often called tim tim when grown in latin america displays the robustness of robusta with some of the mellowing flavor characteristics of arabica coffee. In personal experience this.

While not separate varieties of bean unusual and very expensive robustas are the indonesian kopi luwak and the philippine kapéng alamid and kahawa kubing. A blend of both arabica and robusta plants it highlights some positive attributes but also lacks in some. This varietal can have problems at higher altitudes where there s a considerable difference in cup profile between it and the other commercial varietals. The timor coffee varietal is an interesting one for sure.

To contrast every other variety we have discussed is 100 arabica. Timor coffee plants began to be cultivated due to their strong resistance to coffee leaf rust a disease that afflicts most coffee plant species. Catimor was first introduced in brazil in 1970 but shortly after the plant quickly spread throughout latin america via experts looking for coffee varieties with high productivity and high yields. Found commonly in malawi zambia and zimbabwe.

An interspecific hybrid of robusta coffea canephora var. This is part caturra and part timor hybrid timor hybridin itself is an interesting a varietal because it is actually part robusta and part arabica. The variety is a hybrid of the timor hybrid resistant to coffee leaf rust due to its robusta genetic roots and caturra. Unroasted coffee beans of the robusta variety coffea canephora vietnam is the world s largest robusta producer with robusta accounting for 97 of vietnam s coffee output.

Catimor is a cross between timor coffee resistant to rust and caturra. An interspecific hybrid of robusta coffea canephora var. It was created in portugal.