Variety
Eugenioides
Also called Coffea eugenioides
A low-caffeine wild species from East Africa and one of the two parents of Arabica.
- Species
- Coffea eugenioides
- Lineage
- Highlands of East Africa
- Stature
- Small tree
- Yield
- Very low
- Caffeine
- About 0.4–0.8%
- Leaf rust
- Varies
- Quality
- Unusual
Where it grows
- Lake Victoria region (where it began)
- Cauca, Colombia
About
Arabica arose when C. eugenioides crossed naturally with C. canephora (Robusta) somewhere in the region of today's South Sudan and Ethiopia. A few Colombian farms now sell Eugenioides, and it has done well in barista competitions.