Looking for delicious, high-quality coffee that’s also resistant to disease? Catimor coffee delivers on both fronts. Learn about this unique Arabica hybrid and its rich flavor profile.
Is Catimor a type of coffee, a coffee variety, or a coffee brand? None of these are entirely accurate.
Catimor is not a single coffee variety but a group of coffee varieties with similar origins. Breeders have combined some Timor Hybrid lines with compact Caturra to create new Arabica hybrids.
These hybrids are called “Catimor”, resistant to coffee leaf rust and compact in size to optimize planting density. They were developed just in time for the emergence of leaf rust disease in the Americas.
The Catimor coffee plant bursts into bloom with a profusion of delicate white flowers. Source: Wikimedia Commons
Catimor coffee is not just a coffee variety; it results from creativity and continuous efforts to develop disease-resistant coffee varieties to protect the coffee industry from increasi...
Coffee seems so reliable that I never considered the possibility of disease. Very informative article!
