Coffee research papers focused on the origins of C. Arabica and related genetics
These are a set of article PDFs about coffee varieties, the originIn coffee talk, it refers to a coffee-producing region or country; such as, "I was just at origin." Of course "Origin" for most product we use is not... of Coffea
The botanical genus colloquially referred to as the “coffea genus,” which is comprised of over 120 individual species. These are generally opposite-leaved, evergreen shrubs or small understory trees... ArabicaArabica refers to Coffea Arabica, the taxonomic species name of the genus responsible for around 75% of the worlds commercial coffee crop.: Arabica refers to Coffea Arabica, the... and other types, coffee genetic diversity and such. There are also a few historic documents, the fascinating 1833 tract about coffee in Havana, the work of the FAO in EthiopiaEthiopia, formerly known as Abyssinia, or a coffee cultivar: Ethiopia, or more specifically the Empire under Haile Selassie, was known as Abyssinia. The name is Latin, derived from... in the mid 1960s, and a trip to Gesha
Gesha is a long-bean Ethiopia selection with unique cup character. Gesha is the name of the town in Western Ethiopia where the original samples were collected. Spelling it... Ethiopia 1936.
(There are also articles about coffee culture and some papers characterizing local coffee in a system of geographic appellations below.)
This is one of 5 groupings of articles. Head back to the main Coffee Science page for links to the other sections!
I have collected over time from a varietyA botanical variety is a rank in the taxonomic hierarchy below the rank of species and subspecies and above the rank of form (form / variety / subspecies... of “open source” sites, shared directly with me, or other public archives. I am pretty fascinated with the research work focused on coffee and related issues. I am also not a scientist, economist or involved in Academia. I have an MFA!
If you are an author or are aware that any of these papers should not be available here, please contact me and I will respond promptly. I think it’s possible some work here that was emailed direct to me might not have been published for public access, but it’s hard to tell by the file itself. So please just communicate with us: [email protected] -Thompson
Coffee Culture and History
This is a slim section of articles, avoid all the usual hooey and myth from the usual coffee books.
The article on Buna Qalaa, roasting whole coffee cherryOriginally coffee literature referred to the fruit of the tree as a "berry" but in time it became a cherry. It is of course neither. Nor is the... for an amazingly rich milk drink, is super interesting. (I have enjoyed this in rural Ethiopia myself, served usually for special occasions like weddings). I also include a couple papers about regional coffee indicators, GIS stuff.
The H Renes article about AcehThe northernmost district in SumatraL Aceh District is north of North Sumatra and produces some very classic Sumatra coffees. The center of coffee in Aceh is Lake Tawar... coffee is amazing too!
I repeat a couple old archival docs from other sections here.
This is one of 5 groupings of articles. Head back to the main Coffee Science page for links to the other sections!
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