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Icatu

A Brazilian-developed coffee cultivar with Coffea canephora in its pedigree, repeatedly backcrossed to Arabica and selected for productivity, resistance, and cup quality.

TagsIcatu Arabica

Where did it come from?

Icatu was developed by the Instituto Agronômico de Campinas from a Coffea canephora × Coffea arabica cross followed by repeated backcrossing to Arabica. Rogue Wave’s exact Rio Brilhante release identifies the cultivar as Icatu and notes its commercial release in 1993.

Plant characteristics

A productive Brazilian cultivar selected for agronomic robustness and improved Arabica cup quality.

Why producers grow it

Productivity and agronomic resilience, including disease resistance, while retaining a cleaner, more balanced cup than earlier Arabica–Robusta hybrids.

Sources & further reading

· https://roguewavecoffee.ca/products/brazil-rio-brilhante-icatu-natural

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