Variety: Bourbon Arabica with yellow fruits. Researchers believe this is a natural cross between red bourbon and yellow typica from Brazil. The yellow typica is a natural mutation that is known as botucatu in Brazil. Large ruffled leaves, new green tipped leaves and round fruits are the primary physical characters. This crop is shade grown and managed with regenerative agriculture.
Variety: https://varieties.worldcoffeeresearch.org/varieties/bourbon
SEEDS or SEEDLINGS
Seeds are all hand selected by Lisa from cherry harvested during peak harvest weeks. Cherry is pulped and fermented briefly to allow for full wash of parchment. The parchment is dried to 15-18 % mc. All seed or seedling purchases come with a Back Bay Estate Variety Certificate of Authenticity. Use links below for more information and to purchase directly from the website shop.
Seedlings are sold as bare root plants
History of Back Bay Estate Yellow Bourbon
Nature is amazing, and when you realize how rare it is to have a recessive trait appear in your coffee that is actually valuable, you don’t waste a single cherry. From one single tree on our original farm in Mariah Dolok, my son Wade and I propagated a nursery full of successful plants in 2014. This crop is managed with regenerative agriculture. It has been a challenge to grow and maintain the crop, but worth every sacrifice. This crop has expanded to more than 1000 trees and increases annually.
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Lisa Matthews, Founder and Director BBE and SFP (Content Creator)