Coffee varieties are my thing! Here are some visits I have made to coffee research collections.
I am a big fan of unusual coffee varieties and will go out of my way to find these non-arabica species, or varieties of C. 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... or C. canephora. Here’s some coffee gardens I have visited
Kenya Coffee Research Coffee Variety Collection
This garden is large, one of the former International Coffee Organization – supported network of coffee species and 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... collections. The ICOThe ICO, International Coffee Organization, is the governing body for the world coffee trade. The ICO was responsible for the quota system that limited exports from each country,... still exists, but when the US-led effort to reduce it’s authority, retreating from the Coffee Export Quota agreement in the 80s and 90s.
This was not only a precursor to the dramatic drop in global coffee prices, and lack of stable pricing overall. It also led to defunding important functions, like maintaining a diverse (and redundant) genetic repository of coffee plants for research. The collection here in KenyaKenya is the East African powerhouse of the coffee world. Both in the cup, and the way they run their trade, everything is topnotch.: Kenya is the East... near Kiambu looks sad now, in need of care, replacing specimens that are old, and just better funding overall.
Yet I appreciate the work they continue to do, even with lack of sufficient funds! Click on an image to view it larger in the photo lightbox.
Kenya – Entrance to the Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Kenya Coffee College!, sweetmarias.com 
Kenya – Nice “Coffee Scientist” drawing on sign for the Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com 
Kenya – Entrance to CRF – GPS tagged images, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Ruiru 11 at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com 
Kenya – Ruiru 11 branch structure at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Ruiru 11 Hybrid Varietal at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – K-7 Cultivar at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – SL-34 Cultivar at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Bronze Tips of SL-34 Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Coffee Berry Disease (CBD) at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Coffee Berry Disease (CBD) at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – SL-28 Cultivar at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Amfillo Varietal at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Purpurascens at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Purpurascens at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Purpurascens at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Purpurascens cultivar at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Mysore Variety at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Mysore Variety at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Mysore Variety at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Columnaris Variety at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Columnaris Variety at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Geisha No.10 Varietal at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Geisha No.10 Varietal at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Barbuk Sudan Varietal at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Barbuk Sudan Varietal at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Polysperma Varietal at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Polysperma Varietal at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Polysperma Varietal at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Coffea Eugenoides at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru (Eugenoides is a parent of C. Arabica), sweetmarias.com Kenya – Coffea Eugenoides at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Coffea Eugenoides at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Coffea Eugenoides at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Martin Ngare at Coffee Research Gardens ion Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Martin Ngare and James Minai at Coffee Research Gardens in front of Coffea Eugenoides, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Coffea Eugenoides at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Anguslifola Varietal at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Anguslifola Varietal Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Murta Type at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru (Same as Murta de Oja Grande), sweetmarias.com Kenya – Erecta Variety at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Erecta Variety at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – San Ramon Cultivar at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – San Ramon Cultivar at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Babbaka Ghimira Variety at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Babbaka Ghimira Variety at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Babbaka Ghimira Variety at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Rume Sudan variety at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Rume Sudan variety at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Padang Variety at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Padang Variety at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Padang Variety at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Gimma Mbuni Variety at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Gimma Mbuni Variety at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Gimma Galla Sidamo at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Gimma Galla Sidamo at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Gimma Galla Sidamo at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Gimma Galla Sidamo at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Coffea Excelsa- a huge speciment, at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – A very large example of Coffea Liberica at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Coffea Excelsa at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – A very large example of Coffea Liberica at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Coffea Canephora Erecta (Robusta) at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Coffea Canephora Erecta (Robusta) at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Coffea Canephora Erecta (Robusta) at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Var. Dalle Mixed at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Var. Dalle Mixed at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Var. Dalle Mixed at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Dalle Variety at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Dalle Variety at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Variety KP 163 at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Variety TDR (Tanganyika Draught Resistant) at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Variety DR1 (Drought Resistant 1) at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Geisha no. 9 Variety Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Geisha No. 9 Variety at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Geisha No. 11 at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Geisha No. 11 at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Geisha No. 11 at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Geisha No. 12 at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Geisha No. 12 at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Geisha No. 12 at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Mocha Variety, Series D, at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Mocha Variety, Series D, at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Mocha Variety, Series D, at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Var Series L at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Boma Plateau (Sudan) at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Var Series L at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Boma Plateau (Sudan) at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Gimma Galla at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Gimma Galla at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Gimma Galla at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Eritrean Mocha at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Arousi Variety at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Eritrean Mocha at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Arousi Variety at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Ennaretta Variety at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Variety 63 at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Jacksons (Jackson Bourbon, Rwanda) at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Costa Rica (CR95? It doesnt seem to be!) at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Plateau Bronze at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Series L or C? at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – KP 532 at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – E 65 at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – R 15 at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – H 1 at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – N 218 at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – H 66 at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – 65 B at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – C 40 at Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Nursery at the Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Recent grafted Ruiru 11 + SL-28 . Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Grafts wrapped in cellophane at the Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – New grafts of SL-28 tops on Ruiru 11 root stock. Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com Kenya – Preparing a Ruiru 11 plant for a graft. Coffee Research Foundation at Ruiru, sweetmarias.com
Procafe Coffee Variety Collection in El Salvador
I visited Procafe on a couple occasions many years ago. I am not clear on their function but I believe this is a private enterprise offering agronomyScience and study of crops and soils: A branch of agriculture dealing with field-crop production, soil management and physiology of crop plants as its focus. services and testing. I believe they offered certified coffee seed and nursery seedlings too. I am not sure if ProcafeA coffee research firm in El Salvador: Procafé is the Fundación Salvadoreña para Investigaciones del Café, a coffee research firm in El Salvador that advises farmers and maintains... SV are still operating… but they had some cool varieties!
Jardin de Especies, Procafe – El Salvador Canephora Canephora – Procafe – El Salvador Canephora Canephora – Procafe – El Salvador Canephora Canephora – Procafe – El Salvador Excelsa – Procafe – El Salvador Excelsa – Procafe – El Salvador Excelsa – Procafe – El Salvador Excelsa – Procafe – El Salvador Excelsa – Procafe – El Salvador Bourbon Injertado Charlotii – Procafe – El Salvador Bourbon Injertado Charlotii – Procafe – El Salvador Arabigo F-502 – Procafe – El Salvador Arabigo F-502 – Procafe – El Salvador – El Salvador Charloti – Procafe – El Salvador Charloti – Procafe – El Salvador Charloti – Procafe – El Salvador Charloti – Procafe – El Salvador Liberica Abeokutae – Procafe – El Salvador Liberica Abeokutae – Procafe – El Salvador Liberica Abeokutae – Procafe – El Salvador Liberica Abeokutae – Procafe – El Salvador Moka No. 2 – Procafe – El Salvador Moka No. 2 – Procafe – El Salvador Moka No. 2 – Procafe – El Salvador Moka No. 2 – Procafe – El Salvador Moka No.2 – Procafe – El Salvador Purpurascens – Procafe – El Salvador Moka No. 2 – Procafe – El Salvador Purpurascens – Procafe – El Salvador Purpurascens – Procafe – El Salvador Purpurascens – Procafe – El Salvador Purpurascens – Procafe – El Salvador Purpurascens – Procafe – El Salvador Polysperma -the 8 seeded coffee cherry – Procafe – El Salvador Polysperma -the 8 seeded coffee cherry – Procafe – El Salvador Arabigo Semperflorens – Procafe – El Salvador Arabigo Semperflorens – Procafe – El Salvador Murta – Procafe – El Salvador Murta – Procafe – El Salvador Surinam – Procafe – El Salvador Murta – Procafe – El Salvador Surinam – Procafe – El Salvador Surinam – Procafe – El Salvador Pacas – Procafe – El Salvador Surinam – Procafe – El Salvador Pacas – Procafe – El Salvador Arabigo Mizore (Typica) – Procafe – El Salvador Arabigo Mizore (Typica) – Procafe – El Salvador “Sumatra” cultivar. (Bergendahl?) – Procafe – El Salvador “Sumatra” cultivar. (Bergendahl?) – Procafe – El Salvador Dewevrei – Procafe – El Salvador Canephora Quillow – Procafe – El Salvador Dewevrei – Procafe – El Salvador Dewevrei – Procafe – El Salvador Canephora Quillow – Procafe – El Salvador Canephora Quillow – Procafe – El Salvador Arabigo #205 – Procafe – El Salvador Arabigo #205 – Procafe – El Salvador Canephora Uganda (Robusta) – Procafe – El Salvador Canephora Uganda (Robusta) – Procafe – El Salvador Arabigo Mibirizi (Typica) – Procafe – El Salvador Arabigo Mibirizi (Typica) – Procafe – El Salvador Philliphinean (Large Seed, Pointed like Liberica) – Procafe – El Salvador Philliphinean (Large Seed, Pointed like Liberica) – Procafe – El Salvador Philliphinean (Large Seed, Pointed like Liberica) – Procafe – El Salvador Canephora Laurentii (Robusta) – Procafe – El Salvador Canephora Laurentii (Robusta) – Procafe – El Salvador Arabigo No. 48 (Typica) – Procafe – El Salvador Arabigo No. 48 (Typica) – Procafe – El Salvador Liberica Liberica – Procafe – El Salvador Liberica Liberica – Procafe – El Salvador Bourbon Injertado Laurentii – Procafe – El Salvador Bourbon Injertado Laurentii – Procafe – El Salvador Philliphinean (Large Seed, Pointed like Liberica) – Procafe – El Salvador
Coffea Diversa, Escazu Costa Rica
Coffea Diversa is a unique farm and mail order coffee business that plants unique varieties of coffee and sells the roasted coffee for himne delivery … in Costa RicaCosta Rican coffee is typically very clean, sweet, with lots of floral accents. hey are prized for their high notes: bright citrus or berry-like flavors in the acidity,.... I visited there wth Francisco Mena many years ago and here’s some photographic evidence!
VariedadErecta-2 @Coffea Diversa, Costa Rica 
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Toarco Coffee Cultivar Garden, Toraja Sulawesi
The private farm and coffee millA coffee mill might mean a coffee grinder, but we usually use the term to refer to a coffee processing facility, either a Wet-Mill or a Dry Mill.... PT Toarco has a small garden with useful varieties of coffee, right on their own Pedemeran coffee farm at about 1200 meters.
Pedemeran Varietal Garden – Toarco keeps a small cultivar garden with some basic plants. GPS geotagged image Sulawesi Toarco, Pedemeran Coffee Plantation Sulawesi 
Coffea Liberica – Liberica plant at Sulawesi Toarco, Pedemeran Coffee Plantation Sulawesi Coffea Liberica – Liberica plant at Sulawesi, Pedemeran Coffee Plantation Sulawesi Coffea Canephora, AKA Robusta – Robusta plat at Sulawesi Toarco cultivar garden, with their distinctive leaf, super wrinkly Sulawesi Coffea Canephora, AKA Robusta – Sulawesi Toarco, Pedemeran Coffee Plantation Sulawesi Catimor Type Kartika 1 – Sulawesi Toarco, Pedemeran Coffee Plantation Sulawesi Catimor Type Kartika 1 – Sulawesi Toarco, Pedemeran Coffee Plantation Sulawesi PM-88 Catimor – Sulawesi Toarco, Pedemeran Coffee Plantation Sulawesi PM-88 Catimor – Sulawesi Toarco, Pedemeran Coffee Plantation Sulawesi S-Linea = S-795 – Sulawesi Toarco, Pedemeran Coffee Plantation Sulawesi S-Linea = S-795 – Sulawesi Toarco, Pedemeran Coffee Plantation Sulawesi 
S-Linea = S-795 – Sulawesi Toarco, Pedemeran Coffee Plantation Sulawesi USDA Cultivar – Sulawesi Toarco, Pedemeran Coffee Plantation Sulawesi USDA Cultivar – Sulawesi Toarco, Pedemeran Coffee Plantation Sulawesi USDA Cultivar – Sulawesi Toarco, Pedemeran Coffee Plantation Sulawesi USDA Cultivar, flowers – Sulawesi Toarco, Pedemeran Coffee Plantation Sulawesi A graft with Robusta bottom, Arabica top – Sulawesi Toarco, Pedemeran Coffee Plantation Sulawesi A graft with Robusta bottom, Arabica top – Sulawesi Toarco, Pedemeran Coffee Plantation Sulawesi Robusta flowers with incredible jasmine scent – Robusta, for better or worse, is a beautiful coffee plant. Sulawesi Toarco, Pedemeran Coffee Plantation Sulawesi Robusta cherry and flower – The beauty of Robusta. Sulawesi Toarco, Pedemeran Coffee Plantation Sulawesi Wet hulled coffee, Toraja – Although we are really into wet-process coffee from here, we were looking over some wet-hulled samples. The difference is that wet-process is dried before hulling it out of the parchment, wet-hulled still has 25-40 moisture when it is hulled. The taste is totally different. This coffee was just hulled, so it is large, and white-green in color. Sulawesi Toarco, Pedemeran Coffee Plantation Sulawesi
Colombia Coffee Cultivars at Cenicafe
One evening during the ColombiaColombian coffee is highly marketed and widely available in the US. They have been largely successful at equating the name Colombian Coffee with "Good" Coffee. This is half-true.... Cup of ExcellenceThe Cup of Excellence is a competition held yearly in many coffee-producing countries, designed to highlight the very best coffees from each origin.: The Cup of Excellence (COE)... held in Manizales, we went to visit the research facility of the FNCThe FNC is the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia, the coffee association of Colombia. They fund CENICAFE research institute, which has an extensive cultivar collection., called CenicafeCenicafe is the Colombia research organization, and promotes research in coffee to aid Colombia coffee farmers, as part of the FNC. They had some interesting crosses. They kept multiple strains of TimorTimor-Leste (East Timor) is a tiny island between Australia and Sulawesi, annexed by Indonesia and liberated in a referendum several years ago. Small scale coffee farming was jump-started... Hybrid variety, which makes sense as is it a genetic parent of Catimor
Ateng is a common name for Catimor coffees widely planted in Sumatra and other Indonesia isles.: Ateng, with several subtypes, is a common name for Catimor coffees widely... rust-resistant variety types.
Maragogype x Xantocarpa Variety – Cenicafe Variety Garden, Colombia Maragogype x Xantocarpa Variety – Cenicafe Variety Garden, Colombia 
Variety – Cenicafe Variety Garden, Colombia Coffeea Liberica Variety – Cenicafe Variety Garden, Colombia Coffeea Liberica Variety – Cenicafe Variety Garden, Colombia Catuai Amarillo Variety – Cenicafe Variety Garden, Colombia Catuai Amarillo Variety – Cenicafe Variety Garden, Colombia Variedad Colombia Amarillo Variety – Cenicafe Variety Garden, Colombia Variedad Colombia Amarillo Variety – Cenicafe Variety Garden, Colombia Hibrido de Timor CV7 – HdT Variety – Cenicafe Variety Garden, Colombia Hibrido de Timor CV7 – HdT Variety – Cenicafe Variety Garden, Colombia Hibrido de Timor CV8 – HdT Variety – Cenicafe Variety Garden, Colombia Hibrido de Timor CV8 – HdT Variety – Cenicafe Variety Garden, Colombia Hibrido de Timor CV9 – HdT Variety – Cenicafe Variety Garden, Colombia Hibrido de Timor CV9 – HdT Variety – Cenicafe Variety Garden, Colombia Variety – Cenicafe Variety Garden, Colombia Robusta Francia – French Robusta? Variety – Cenicafe Variety Garden, Colombia Robusta Alemania – German Robusta? Variety – Cenicafe Variety Garden, Colombia Robusta Alemania – German Robusta? Variety – Cenicafe Variety Garden, Colombia Murta de Hoja Grande Variety – Cenicafe Variety Garden, Colombia Murta de Hoja Grande Variety – Cenicafe Variety Garden, Colombia Murta de Hoja Grande Variety – Cenicafe Variety Garden, Colombia
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What do you think of the variety Coffea stenophylla that is being suggested as a high temperature alternative as the climate warms?
I really don’t know. My only experience tasting stenophylla left me thinking it was not a great option for cultivation, but who knows if it was hybridized with arabica types. Robusta can certainly thrive in warmer climates and grows pretty well at lower elevations and in higher humidity. Some others people claim are “okay” taste wise, like Liberica and Excelsa, I really have to disagree. But with a breeding program focused on better cup flavors, who knows what the potential might be … there might be some surprises.