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Yellow Pacas

A yellow-fruited Pacas selection. SEY describes the Los Primos lot as a regressive trait within Pacas; Pacas itself is a compact natural mutation of Bourbon. Yellow Pacas should be treated as a documented color selection, not a separate hybrid with an invented pedigree.

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Where did it come from?

Pacas was discovered in El Salvador in 1949 and introduced to Honduras by IHCAFE in 1974. Yellow-fruited Pacas selections have since been maintained by individual producers and nurseries; their selection histories can differ.

What does it tend to taste like?

Lot-specific. SEY’s washed Los Primos separation is described with pomegranate, hibiscus and Key lime.

Plant characteristics

Compact Pacas growth habit with yellow-ripening cherries. The parent Pacas type carries the dwarfing single-gene mutation documented by World Coffee Research.

Why producers grow it

For Pacas’ compact architecture and differentiated yellow-fruited specialty lots, despite disease risk.

Sources & further reading

Editorial record last reviewed: . Sources document specific claims, not guarantees about every coffee sold under this variety name.

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