A BourbonA coffee cultivar; a cross between Typica and Bourbon, originally grown in Brazil: Mundo Novo is a commercial coffee cultivar; a natural hybrid between "Sumatra" and Red Bourbon,... cultivarCultivar is a term used interchangeably with Varietal in the coffee trade to indicate plant material, although there are distinctions.: The naming of a cultivar should conform to... variant from RwandaA Bourbon cultivar variant from Rwanda and Burundi. Bourbon coffees are named for the island in the India Ocean where French colonists grew it. Some history from the... and BurundiBurundi coffee bears resemblance to neighboring Rwanda, in both cup character, but also the culture surrounding coffee. Burundi is a small landlocked country at the crossroads of East.... Bourbon coffees are named for the island in the Indian Ocean were French colonists grew it.
it is likely the oldest 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... in Rwanda and still an important variety for smallholder coffee growers in Rwanda and Burundi.
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 Mibirizi is poorly documented. According to the Belgian coffee historian Edmund Leplae, it was introduced from GuatemalaGuatemalan coffee is considered a top quality coffee producer in Central America. Due to our proximity to Guatemala, some of the nicest coffees from this origin come to... by the German administration in Rwanda in the 1910s. It was called “Guatemala” and would most likely have Typica lineage, because Guatemala was planted 100% in Typica at that time. Guatemala was distributed by the German colonial administration to Rwandan Catholic missions in the 1920s, including Mibirizi in western Rwanda. This population in Mibirizi was well maintained and was the source for the introduction of Mibirizi seeds to the germplasm collection at Mulungu in the Democratic Republic of CongoKivu is the general name for East Congo (Kinshasa), covering a very broad geographical area, and the lake of the same name that divides them. It borders on.... It is very likely that Mibirizi plants were then mixed with French Mission plants (which belong to the Bourbon lineage; see SL34 for more) introduced from 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.... Some breeding was initiated in the Mibirizi population and several lines were compared at the Rubona Coffee ResearchThe study of the agronomy of coffee, its chemistry, or other improvements: The study of the agronomy of coffee, its chemistry, or other improvements. There are coffee research... Station (near Huye, Rwanda) during the 1950s. However, it is not clear if any specific Mibirizi lines were released for farmers, or if the Mibirizi growing today originated from pre-existing Mibirizi plantations. Recent genetic tests have confirmed that Mibirizi is related to the Typica genetic group.