Pacas
Variety of Arabica coffee · Coffea arabica
El Salvador's dwarf Bourbon mutation – compact, productive and suited to warmer sites.
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
mildsweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Zwergmutation aus Bourbon
- Breeder
- Familie Pacas / ISIC
- Pollination
- self-fertile
Description
Fruit
Red cherries with a clean, Bourbon-typical cup. Good sweetness with decent structure.
Growth
Compact dwarf growth allowing high density; tolerates wind, sun and lower elevations relatively well.
Yield
Good yield and adaptability. Parent of Pacamara.
Notes
Rust-susceptible. An important Central American cultivar alongside Caturra.
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