Coffee region guide

Lạc Dương

락즈엉

A Lâm Đồng highland origin where K’ho communities grow coffee, including washed Red Bourbon and Catimor.

Also known as: Lac Duong · 라끄즈엉 · 락드엉

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Smallholders harvest and process their coffee; K’ho lots use slow drying to reduce moisture evenly.

Washed

Grown varieties

Red Bourbon · Catimor · Bourbon · Typica · Caturra

Red-fruited forms of Bourbon.

Growing conditions: Grown at Kanyege in Rwanda's Nyamasheke and San Agustin in Guatemala's Antigua, among other origins.

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A group of distinct bred varieties sharing similar parentage.

Lineage: Developed by crossing Caturra with rust-resistant Timor Hybrid lines.
Growing conditions: Successive selection and field trials produced distinct varieties in different countries.

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A traditional variety central to the ancestry of cultivated Arabica.

Lineage: Belongs to the Bourbon genetic group and underlies several compact varieties.
Growing conditions: Tall plants susceptible to leaf rust and coffee berry disease.
Traits: Strong high-altitude cup potential; fruit ripens relatively early.

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A foundational Arabica variety distributed worldwide via Java.

Lineage: Seeds transferred from India to Java in the late seventeenth century founded the modern Typica variety.
Growing conditions: Tall, low-yielding trees susceptible to major coffee diseases.
Traits: Adapted to cool growing conditions and valued for cup quality in Central America.

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A compact Bourbon mutation discovered in Brazil.

Lineage: A single-gene mutation subsequently selected by IAC from 1937.
Growing conditions: Short internodes and closely spaced branches suit dense planting; susceptible to leaf rust.
Traits: Widely cultivated in Central America and used as a benchmark in variety trials.

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