Bourbon coffee
Bourbon is one of the two founding arabica lineages in cultivation — the stock the French carried from Yemen to the island of Bourbon, now Réunion — and the parent of Caturra, Catuai, SL28 and much else.
It yields poorly by modern standards and is susceptible to leaf rust, but it is prized for sweetness and a rounded, layered acidity. Rwanda and Burundi are almost entirely planted to it; it remains common across Latin America.
Cherries ripen red, yellow or orange depending on the sub-variety, and the colour is often used to distinguish lots on the bag.
- Coffees in the catalogue
- 7
- Common notes
- cocoa, brown sugar, raspberry, guava and chocolate
- Price range
- $16.00 – $35.00
7 Bourbon coffees in the catalogue
- Jose Arguello — Sweet Bloom Coffee Roasters. raspberry, guava and chocolate. $24.00 / 340 g.
- Daterra Sundrop — George Howell Coffee. blueberry, butterscotch and clove. $26.00 / 340 g.
- Peru David Flores La Neblina — Ruby Coffee Roasters. red grape, cocoa and cherry. $35.00 / 340 g.
- Guatemala Huehuetenango — SK Coffee. milk chocolate, apple and almond. $21.00 / 340 g.
- Guatemala Antigua — Metric Coffee Co. cocoa, orange and brown sugar. $22.00 / 340 g.
- Nyamasheke, Rwanda — Coma Coffee Roasters. strawberry, red stone fruit and roasted almond. $16.00 / 340 g.
- Burundi Gitwe — Metric Coffee Co. red plum, brown sugar and black tea. $29.00 / 284 g.
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