Ebin Castillo’s cultivar selections here are humble and utilitarian. IHCAFE 90 is a classic Honduran Catimor (Caturra x Timor Hybrid) first released in the 1980s after selecting from T5175, a selection made—but never released—by the Costa Rican institute, ICAFE. ICAFE made the selection from 3rd generation trees from a Brazilian population, the first Catimor selections developed in Portugal in the 1960s. It is a short stature tree with high yield potential. Unfortunately, the cultivar has not aged well, and is now considered susceptible to leaf rust and very susceptible to Ojo de Gallo (another pathogenic fungal coffee disease). World Coffee Research indicates its quality potential is low… a claim I’d beg to differ with, based on its inclusion here in this delightful tasting coffee.
Icatu is the other variety included in Ebin Castillo’s coffee here, a cultivar most frequently grown in Brazil. There are multiple recognized Icatu varieties maintained by the Instituto Agronômico de Campinas (IAC), many of which are yellow fruiting. Officially “Icatu Vermelho,” the original red variety is a very old hybrid, dating back to 1950. It is an interspecific robusta-arabica cross, using Red Bourbon as the arabica base. Icatu Vermelho is tetraploid, and therefore considered arabica. Other Icatu iterations typically backcross (i.e., breed the interspecific hybrid with one of the parent species), often using Mundo Novo (Typica x Bourbon) as the second-generation parent. Icatu, like many other aging hybrids, is less resistant to rust and other diseases than more modern cultivars.
Altitude: 1,600 MASL
Varietals: Icatu, IHCAFE90
Process: Washed and Dried On Patio
Flavors: Caramel, Chocolate, Lemon, Apricot, Brown Sugar
250 g Bag
Ebin Castillo’s cultivar selections here are humble and utilitarian. IHCAFE 90 is a classic Honduran Catimor (Caturra x Timor Hybrid) first released in the 1980s after selecting from T5175, a selection made—but never released—by the Costa Rican institute, ICAFE. ICAFE made the selection from 3rd generation trees from a Brazilian population, the first Catimor selections developed in Portugal in the 1960s. It is a short stature tree with high yield potential. Unfortunately, the cultivar has not aged well, and is now considered susceptible to leaf rust and very susceptible to Ojo de Gallo (another pathogenic fungal coffee disease). World Coffee Research indicates its quality potential is low… a claim I’d beg to differ with, based on its inclusion here in this delightful tasting coffee.
Icatu is the other variety included in Ebin Castillo’s coffee here, a cultivar most frequently grown in Brazil. There are multiple recognized Icatu varieties maintained by the Instituto Agronômico de Campinas (IAC), many of which are yellow fruiting. Officially “Icatu Vermelho,” the original red variety is a very old hybrid, dating back to 1950. It is an interspecific robusta-arabica cross, using Red Bourbon as the arabica base. Icatu Vermelho is tetraploid, and therefore considered arabica. Other Icatu iterations typically backcross (i.e., breed the interspecific hybrid with one of the parent species), often using Mundo Novo (Typica x Bourbon) as the second-generation parent. Icatu, like many other aging hybrids, is less resistant to rust and other diseases than more modern cultivars.
Altitude: 1,600 MASL
Varietals: Icatu, IHCAFE90
Process: Washed and Dried On Patio
Flavors: Caramel, Chocolate, Lemon, Apricot, Brown Sugar
250 g Bag
