Coffee Varieties: Typica http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1458/coffee-varieties-typica/ Coffee varieties are the subspecies of coffee that occur by natural selection and by selective breeding. Disease resistance, yield and flavor vary from variety to variety. Variety or breed selection is critical to the planter as he or she must pick the optimal variety for altitude, sun or shade, soil conditions and climate. Regarding coffee varieties here are a couple of terms: Variety: A variety is a smaller group than a subspecies and a larger group than a form. A variety has most of the characteristics of the species but differs in specific ways. Cultivar: This is a cultivated variety and is developed using agricultural breeding techniques. The coffee in your cup is most likely a cultivar. Two common cultivars are Bourbon and Typica. Typica Typica is an old coffee variety and the father of numerous sub-varieties. Typica came from Yemen. Dutch traders carried it to Malabar, India and later on to Indonesia. Subsequently Typica arrived at the French colony of Martinique in the West Indies. Natural selection and breeding have produced the following new varieties: • Criollo (South America) • Arabigo (Americas) • Kona (Hawaii) • Pluma Hidalgo (Mexico) • Garundang (Sumatra) • Blue Mountain (Jamaica, Papua New Guinea) • San Bernado & San Ramon (Brazil) • Kents & Chickumalgu (India)

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Coffee varieties are the subspecies of coffee
that occur by natural selection and by
selective breeding.

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Disease resistance, yield and flavor vary
from variety to variety. Variety or breed
selection is critical to the planter as he or
she must pick the optimal variety for altitude,
sun or shade, soil conditions and climate.

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Regarding coffee varieties here are a couple
of terms:

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Variety: A variety is a smaller group than a
subspecies and a larger group than a form.
A variety has most of the characteristics of
the species but differs in specific ways.

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Cultivar: This is a cultivated variety and is
developed using agricultural breeding
techniques. The coffee in your cup is most
likely a cultivar. Two common cultivars are
Bourbon and Typica.

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Typica

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Typica is an old coffee variety and the father
of numerous sub-varieties.

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Typica came from Yemen. Dutch traders
carried it to Malabar, India and later on to
Indonesia.

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Subsequently Typica arrived at the French
colony of Martinique in the West Indies.

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Natural selection and breeding have
produced the following new varieties:

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 Criollo (South America)
 Arabigo (Americas)
 Kona (Hawaii)
 Pluma Hidalgo (Mexico)
 Garundang (Sumatra)
 Blue Mountain (Jamaica, Papua New
Guinea)
 San Bernado & San Ramon (Brazil)
 Kents & Chickumalgu (India)

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We have written about Kona coffee, a
variety that is famous for its quality.

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Organic Kona coffee is grown on
mountainous slopes on the Big Island of
Hawaii. Kona coffee benefits from mild
weather and moist growing conditions as
well as the volcanic soil of the Hawaiian
Islands.

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Because of its scarcity as well as its quality
Kona coffee is one of the world’s most
expensive coffees. Organic Kona coffee is
therefore rarer and somewhat more
expensive.

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Coffee was first grown in the Hawaiian
Island in the early 19 th century from
cuttings brought form Brazil. The Kona
brand itself dates back to the 19 th century
and an Englishman, Henry Nicholas
Greenwell.

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Although Hawaiian coffee was first grown on
large plantations a crash in the worldwide
coffee market in 1899 led owners to lease or
sell land to their workers.

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This started a tradition of family operated
coffee farms of five to twelve acres. The fact
that families continue to grow on the same
land has led to the tradition of sustainable
coffee growing that is the hallmark of
growing healthy organic coffee.

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Top grades Kona coffee are Kona Extra
Fancy, Kona Fancy, Kona Number 1, Kona
Select, and Kona Prime.

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This is just one of the fine offshoots of the
Typica coffee variety. You can get Typica as
regular or organic.

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Like the other Coffea Arabica varietals that
have been developed from it, Typica coffee
plants have a conical shape with a main
vertical trunk and secondary verticals that
grow at a slight slant.

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Typica is a tall plant that stands 3.5-4 meters
in height. The lateral branches form 50-70°
angles with the vertical stem. Typica coffee
is not a high producer but is sought out for
its excellent cup quality.