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Castillo

Coffea arabica (Cenicafé composite)

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Key facts
Scientific name
Coffea arabica (Cenicafé composite)
Parent varieties
Caturra, Timor Hybrid
Released
2005 by Cenicafé, Colombia
Named after
Researcher Jaime Castillo Zapata
Disease resistance
High, particularly to leaf rust
Flavor profile
Clean, sweet, balanced
Cup potential
Good to high
Beans we stock
30 Castillo coffees
Castillo
Photo: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Castillo is a rust-resistant Caturra × Timor Hybrid composite released by Colombia's coffee research centre Cenicafé in 2005 and named after researcher Jaime Castillo Zapata. After leaf rust threatened Colombian production, the Federation drove a massive replanting toward Castillo and the earlier 'Colombia' variety. Blind cuppings have shown well-grown Castillo can match Caturra in quality, and it now covers a large share of Colombia's coffee land.

At a glance

  • Scientific name: Coffea arabica (Cenicafé composite)
  • Parent varieties: Caturra, Timor Hybrid
  • Identified: 2005
  • Flavor: Clean, sweet, balanced; quality much improved over early hybrids.
  • Aroma: Sweet, mild fruit.
  • Disease resistance: High (rust)
  • Cup potential: Good to high

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