Variety
Catuaí
Also called Red Catuaí, Yellow Catuaí
Brazil's workhorse: a short, productive cross of Mundo Novo and Caturra.
- Species
- Coffea arabica
- Lineage
- Mundo Novo × Caturra, IAC Brazil, released 1972
- Stature
- Dwarf
- Yield
- High
- Best altitude
- 700–1,600 m
- Leaf rust
- Very susceptible
- Quality
- Good
Where it grows
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Costa Rica
- Honduras
- Guatemala
About
Bred by Brazil's Instituto Agronômico de Campinas, Catuaí combines Mundo Novo's vigour with Caturra's short stature. Its cherries hold on the branch well, which suits wind-exposed farms and mechanical harvest.