Varieties
Varieties connect coffee flavor to plants and genetics.
Names such as Gesha and Typica identify plant material, not guaranteed flavor profiles. Learn a few major varieties first, then connect genetics with origin, farming, processing, and roasting.
Foundation
- Coffee Varieties You are here
Core
- Arabica vs. Robusta Compare the plants, caffeine ranges, common uses, and quality potential.
- Bourbon Learn how a Yemeni coffee population took root on Réunion and spread worldwide.
- Catuai A compact Mundo Novo × Caturra cross—not another name for Caturra.
- Caturra A compact Bourbon mutation that became central to Latin American coffee farming.
- Gesha / Geisha Trace the Ethiopian landrace behind Panama's celebrated floral coffee.
- Landrace / Heirloom Learn why these labels often describe a diverse local population, not one variety.
- SL28 Meet the drought-tolerant variety behind many classic Kenyan coffee profiles.
- Typica Follow one of arabica's major lineages from Java to the Americas.
