Some Other coffee varieties

Coffea Liberica

Coming from the forests of Liberia and Ivory Coast, it is a beautiful long-life plant, strong, luxuriant, with fruits and seeds dimension that is almost the double of the Arabica ones, and more resistant to parasitic attack. It is a plant that needs a high temperature and abundant water. Due to these characteristics, the Coffea Liberica is chosen as graft-holder to obtain, by cross, new varieties that are mostly present in the Ivory Coast and in Madagascar, its beans give an odorous and pleasant coffee. Some decades ago, its taste was mostly appreciated in the Scandinavian countries.

Coffea Excelsa

Coffea Excelsa is similar to Coffea Liberica in appearance. The plant has thin, rounded leaves with a smooth edge. When these leaves first form, they are a burnt reddish violet colour. They turn to a green colour as they mature, though some leaves still have violet accents.
Discovered in 1904, this coffee originated in the Lake Chad area of Africa. This species resists to the diseases and dryness. It has a high yield and its aged beans give a coffee with odorous and pleasant taste, similar to arabica coffee.

Coffea Stenophylla

Discovered in the mid-1890s, a variety of coffee named Coffea Stenophylla was discovered in West Africa. Cultivated in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast, it is resistant to dryness.
The one major difference between Stenophylla and arabica is the growing time. Stenophylla takes 9 years to mature into a high-yielding plant, while arabica trees grow to maturity in 7 years or less.
The smell of its beans is comparable to the one of Tea, but the taste of the drink does not match the palate of all the tasters. Some specimens can still be located in botanic gardens.

Coffea Racemosa

Plant with fleeting leafs during the dry season, its foliation starts during the rain season. Its coffee is poor of caffeine but very odorous.

Coffea Congencis

Coming from the banks of Congo, it produces a good quality coffee but the shrub is not very productive.

Coffea Dewevrei

It comes from the forests of Congo Belgian.

Coffea Neo-Arnoldiana

Also selected in Congo, it has a high yield.

Coffea Abeokutoe

Cultivated in the Ivory Coast, its beans remind of the Coffea Arabica.