Maragogipe
Also called Elephant bean
A Typica mutation with famously huge beans, first found near Maragogipe in Bahia, Brazil.
- Species
- Coffea arabica
- Lineage
- Typica mutation, Brazil, 1870
- Stature
- Tall
- Yield
- Low
- Best altitude
- 1,000–1,700 m
- Leaf rust
- Very susceptible
- Quality
- Good
Where it grows
- Bahia, Brazil (where it began)
- Chiapas, Mexico
- Jinotega, Nicaragua
About
Everything on a Maragogipe plant is large: leaves, cherries and beans. Yields are low, but the bean size made it a parent for Pacamara.
From Wikipedia
Scientific name: Coffea arabica L var. maragogipe A. Fern. Ex A. Frohner
Maragogipe is a variety of Arabica coffee, also known as "elephant coffee beans". It is believed that this coffee is a spontaneous mutation of Typica coffee that happened in Maragogipe, Bahia in Brazil. This is a very large size coffee bean in comparison to other Arabica coffee beans.
Maragogipe coffee's flavor varies depending on the soil where it grows. Poor soils produce a coffee with diminished flavors. That is why it is often referred to as a coffee with "not much flavor", but the flavor can be enhanced by allowing these coffee beans to dry with its natural sugars.
Maragogipe is a rarity in the coffee world and it is appreciated by coffee aficionados.
Text from the Wikipedia article Maragogipe Coffee by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.