Caturra coffee
Caturra is a natural dwarf mutation of Bourbon found in Brazil in the 1930s — half the height, twice the planting density, and the workhorse of Colombian and Central American coffee for fifty years.
Short plants are easier to pick and can be spaced tightly, which made Caturra the commercially obvious choice long before anyone was talking about cup scores. It kept much of Bourbon's sweetness, with a brighter, more citric acidity.
Leaf rust has pushed a great deal of Caturra out of the ground in favour of resistant hybrids, so surviving old Caturra plots are increasingly sold as micro-lots.
- Coffees in the catalogue
- 5
- Common notes
- red apple, caramel, orange, hazelnut and cocoa nib
- Price range
- $18.50 – $27.00
5 Caturra coffees in the catalogue
- Colombia Diego Parra Beltran — Dogwood Coffee Co. red apple, caramel and orange. $27.00 / 340 g.
- Honduras Finca La Alondra Anaerobic Process — Coffeestamp. hazelnut, cacao nib, rapadura and baking chocolate. $18.50 / 340 g.
- Colombia Yacuanquer — Verve Coffee Roasters. red apple, butterscotch and milk chocolate. $23.00 / 340 g.
- Colombia Narino — Backstory Coffee Roasters. cherry, caramel and orange. $23.00 / 340 g.
- Diego Horta Anaerobic Natural — Black & White Coffee Roasters. tropical, rum, funky and strawberry. $26.00 / 340 g.