The Brew Blog

Centroamericano is CATIE's F1 hybrid cultivar for Honduras and Costa Rica — disease resistance, strong yields, and specialty cup quality in one breeding program.

Marsellesa is one of Central America's first commercial F1 hybrid coffee cultivars — high yield, disease resistance, and specialty-grade cup quality explained.

Pacas is El Salvador's most-planted coffee cultivar — a natural Bourbon dwarf mutation and the parent variety of Pacamara. Here's what it tastes like and why it matters.

Batian is Kenya's newest high-quality disease-resistant cultivar — how it improves on Ruiru 11 and where it fits in the Kenyan coffee landscape.

Ruiru 11 is Kenya's first disease-resistant cultivar — its cup quality trade-offs explained, and how it shaped the development of Batian.

Variety, varietal, and cultivar — three words used constantly in specialty coffee. Here's what each term means, where you'll see it, and why the distinction matters.