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Taming the wildness
July 8, 2025
Dr. Steffen Schwarz
Typica coffees are the coelacanths of coffee varieties.
Canephora – the underrated
July 6, 2025
Dr. Steffen Schwarz
The second largest coffee variety in the world is a botanical victim of marketing.
The Lost Potential: A History of Canephora Coffee Cultivation in Tshopo and the Unwritten Future of the DRC’s Coffee Sector
May 11, 2025
Dr. Steffen Schwarz
The Lost Potential: A History of Canephora Coffee Cultivation in Tshopo and the Unwritten Future of the DRC’s Coffee Sector
Typica - Taming the wilderness
April 3, 2021
Dr. Steffen Schwarz
Typica coffees are the coelacanths of the coffee varieties. They are the origin of cultivated coffee.
S 795 - Flavour of India
April 2, 2021
Dr. Steffen Schwarz
Admittedly, the name does not sound as good as "Bourbon", "Tipica", "Caturra", "Maragogype" and "Gesha".
Hibrido de Timor - resistance at all levels
April 1, 2021
Dr. Steffen Schwarz
Hybrido de Timor is next to S795 another Arabicoid, a cross between the species C. Arabica and C. Canephora.
Bourbon - Rain island in the Indian Ocean
March 31, 2021
Dr. Steffen Schwarz
Bourbon is a good name - we know it from vanilla and coffee.
Liberica - the forgotten kind
March 30, 2021
Dr. Steffen Schwarz
An appeal for the renaissance of the sweetest and most aromatic coffee in the world