Arabica varieties in the Philippines

In the Philippines, what varieties of Arabica are cultivated? Let's take this in a different direction. What varieties can be found in the Philippines. In hard to reach areas, many of them grow. In the jungle. So we're going to open the thickets of the woods a little more carefully today, and we're going to take a closer look at the coffee tree.

The 152 samples of Arabica have been collected by a difficult labor intensive process. The Typica varieties, which have a wide, thick fruit and lots of flowers, are among them.

The others were described as San Ramon, and they had extensive fruits and seeds. There was even a variety called Moka/Mokka, which has narrow fruits and leaves, small seeds, low seed weight and shorter days from germination to flowering. The rest of the coffee trees are Granica Broad, or as Red Bourbon. As varieties with high commercial potential, Granica Broad, Red Bourbon, MSAC Selection No. 1 and San Ramon have been selected. In the Philippines, there is truly a special kind of nature. The aforementioned varieties are currently in production at the farms of Benguet and other highland coffee producers.

A little more about Arabica varieties:

Border (wide sheet)

A common Arabica plant is this coffee tree. The leaves are wide and elongated, with a long pointed tip and an odd wavy edge. Diseases such as coffee leaf dieback and rust have been observed to be present in the tree. The orange coffee berries are medium in size, round and oblong. On both sides, they were sometimes flattened. It's faster than other Arabic varieties.

Boundary Broad

 There's a coffee tree called Boundary Broad, and it looks kind of small. It's entitled to be referred to as a bush. The most likely answer to what a coffee producer in the Cordillera wants maybe it's golden berries, which turn orange as they grow. An average of 1.35 kg of yellow and oblong seeds are produced by this variety. For such a small size, it's a lot.

Variety Moka/Mocha

Small berries distinguish the Moka/Mokka variety. It's about as big as a pea. And low trees. The plant is most widely cultivated in the mountainous region of Yemen across the Red Sea. From the port of Al Mokha, which was the departure port of the Ottoman Empire, the name "mocha" is derived. This plant is cultivated in the shadow of a Poplar tree.

Mocha's a living coffee. It's got deep earthy tones, vinous acidity, and body. There are notes of spices such as cinnamon and cardamom in it. And sweets with dried fruit in them. The distinctive chocolate aftertaste complements the aroma of that musky fruitiness.

Mondo Nouveau

This is a very powerful and productive plant. It provides you with a good cup of coffee. However, severe diseases are capable of occurring in this variety. The majority of which are grown in South America.

Red Bourbon

The Bourbon varieties that originate from the Bourbons are most well known. It's a big variety, characterized by comparatively low yields. Great cup quality and susceptibility to major diseases. Bourbon was brought to Reunion Island from Yemen by French missionaries in the early 17th century, and today it has its original name. Apparently, it was only in the late 19th century that Bourbons left the island.

San Ramon

The coffee bean known as San Ramon has Arabica origins in the Typica variety. It has its name from San Ramon, a city in Costa Rica. The tree of this variety is wind tolerant, drought resistant, productive and reliable. Compared to the Typica variety it has short branches and doesn't produce much fruit. It's also resistant to disease. San Ramon's height is five hundred feet up in the air. There's a rich body and a hint of stone fruit in San Ramon coffee.

Typika

The most famous of the varieties derived from Typi has been named Typica. It's a tall variety that produces very little yield. Susceptible against the most serious diseases. The Typica coffee group is expected to originate in the southwest of Ethiopia, similar to all Arabica coffee. It was transported to Yemen sometime in the 15th or 16th century.  In India, the seeds of Yemen were cultivated by 1700. In 1696 and 1699, coffee seeds were sent from the Malabar coast of India to the island of Batavia (now Java in Indonesia). What we know today as a specific variety Typica is the result of that handful of seeds.

Yellow Caturra

 A type of Arabica coffee originating in Colombia, Costa Rica and Nicaragua, which is then grown in Brazil, is called yellow caturra. In Indonesia, yellow caturra is a kind of coffee plant that differs in terms of its variety and characteristics. When ripe, these fruits are not red but yellow as the name suggests. It is a dwarf tree, making cherry picking, working, and managing very easy.