Smashing the taste buds - one covfefe at a time
Have you tracked and variety preferences, priorise or avoid?
Some findings from my record keeping:
Variety priority
Gesha
SL28
Sudan Rume
Kenya AA
Yellow Catuai
Ethiopian Landraces
Yemenia
Bourbon
Pacmara
maracaturra
Ethiosar
Caturra
Try Guatemala Antigua
Avoid
Robusta
Catimor and Castillo - Robusta in genetics, spices, green, hay.
Maragogipe and Pacamara big beans require huge inputs fertiliser to make good.
Guatemala good specialty, but not so good varieties
Nicaragua lost coffee skills war
Honduras lost coffee skills
Estate priorities
Panama Esplendorosa Estate
Costa Rica Don Carlos
El Salvador Los Naranjos Cafe
Colombia Rigoberto Herrera Cafe Granja La Esperanza
Guatemala El Gutalon
Brazil Santa Lucia
La Minitia Costa Rica Bill McAlpine
Heya Richard - thanks for sharing your data!
I did track variety but data entry issues meant there was too much work to do to clean it up to be overly useful.
I tried around 30 different varieties, with the Castillo and Caturra dominating. A few geshas and the like.
Yellow Caturra
Variedad Colombia
Typica Heriloom
Typica
Starmaya
SL 34
SL 28
Sidra
San Bernardo
Ruiru 11
Red Catuai
Red Bourbon
Pink Bourbon
Papayo
Pacamara
Mystery
Mixed Heirloom
JARC Varieties
Heirloom
H10
Geisha
Ethiopian Heirloom
Colombia
Catuai Rojo
Castillo
Batian
Arabica
74158
74112
74110
Amazing!! You’ve inspired me for 2025. Ngā mihi nui for your mahi, Tino pai!
It was a fun little experiment - I reckon I might just do it again next year.
Have you tracked and variety preferences, priorise or avoid?
Some findings from my record keeping:
Variety priority
Gesha
SL28
Sudan Rume
Kenya AA
Yellow Catuai
Ethiopian Landraces
Yemenia
Bourbon
Pacmara
maracaturra
Ethiosar
Caturra
Try Guatemala Antigua
Avoid
Robusta
Catimor and Castillo - Robusta in genetics, spices, green, hay.
Maragogipe and Pacamara big beans require huge inputs fertiliser to make good.
Guatemala good specialty, but not so good varieties
Nicaragua lost coffee skills war
Honduras lost coffee skills
Estate priorities
Panama Esplendorosa Estate
Costa Rica Don Carlos
El Salvador Los Naranjos Cafe
Colombia Rigoberto Herrera Cafe Granja La Esperanza
Guatemala El Gutalon
Brazil Santa Lucia
La Minitia Costa Rica Bill McAlpine
Heya Richard - thanks for sharing your data!
I did track variety but data entry issues meant there was too much work to do to clean it up to be overly useful.
I tried around 30 different varieties, with the Castillo and Caturra dominating. A few geshas and the like.
Yellow Caturra
Yellow Catuai
Variedad Colombia
Typica Heriloom
Typica
Starmaya
SL 34
SL 28
Sidra
San Bernardo
Ruiru 11
Red Catuai
Red Bourbon
Pink Bourbon
Papayo
Pacamara
Mystery
Mixed Heirloom
JARC Varieties
Heirloom
H10
Gesha
Geisha
Ethiopian Heirloom
Colombia
Caturra
Catuai Rojo
Castillo
Bourbon
Batian
Arabica
74158
74112
74110
Amazing!! You’ve inspired me for 2025. Ngā mihi nui for your mahi, Tino pai!
It was a fun little experiment - I reckon I might just do it again next year.