Bourbon

Variety of Arabica coffee · Coffea arabica

Sweet, juicy heirloom cultivar with high cup quality – alongside Typica one of the two ancestral Arabica lines.

Also known as: Red Bourbon, Bourbon Rouge

🇷🇪 RE 1810

Taste & characteristics

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Parentage: Mutation/Selektion aus Jemen-Arabica auf der Insel Bourbon (Réunion)
Pollination: self-fertile

Red cherries in dense clusters. Pronounced sweetness and balanced acidity in the cup.

Bushy, upright growth with many secondary branches and shorter internodes than Typica.

Higher yield than Typica (roughly 20–30% more). Prone to biennial bearing and cherry drop in wind.

Susceptible to rust and nematodes. Parent of many bred cultivars (Caturra, Catuaí, Mundo Novo, SL lines).

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