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,... ...more 95 or CR95 is 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... ...more known to produce a lot of coffee, and need a lot of inputs. It often requires chemical fertilizer to optimize production, as organicGrown without the use of artificial fertilizers, herbicides, etc.: Organic coffee has been grown according to organic farming techniques, typically without the use of artificial fertilizers. Some farms... ...more sources are not sufficient.
CR95 is a catimorAteng 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... ...more coffee, a cross between 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... ...more Hybrid (Hibrido de TimorHibrido de Timor abbreviated HdT is the interspecies hybrid of C. Arabica and C. Canephora (Robusta) that was found in Timor Leste in the 1940s. This was presumed... ...more) and CaturraCatuai is a high-yield Arabica cultivar resulting from a cross of Mundo Novo and yellow Caturra. The tree is short, with lateral branches forming close angles to the... ...more. The selection of individual plants through successive generations, was made by the Instituto del Café de Costa Rica (ICAFE). While CR95 was bred for high productivity and disease resistance to CLRCastillo is a selection of the Colombia cultivar that has become the most commonly grown coffee in Colombia. It is preferred to the older resistant variety, Variedad Colombia... ...more Coffee Leaf Rust, as well as the fungus Ojo de Gallo, it is reported to now be susceptible to these diseases.
Costa Rica 95 was controversial when I started buying coffee, because it was often planted in full sun, without any shade trees, and was seen as part of a cynical and environmentally destructive effort to produce huge volumes of 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... ...more in Costa Rica in the 1990s and early 2000s.
The cup quality was medium to low, showing the harsh and unbalanced flavors found it catimorKomasti is a disease resistant hybrid in Indonesia- (Composite Andungsari 3). This is an improved catimor variety released in 2013. The genotypes were obtained from the results of... ...more coffees, and from large farms that relied on chemical fertilizer to maximize yields. For the most part, we never bought any of these coffees as they were contrary to our aims and interests, and just didn’t taste good.
As Micro-Mills and small producers came online in Costa Rica, most would opt for varieties that had higher cup quality potential than catimor types like CR95
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