74110
One of the numbered Ethiopian selections bred for disease resistance in the 1970s, now a large share of what grows in Yirgacheffe.
- Also known as
- JARC 74110
- Lineage
- Ethiopian landrace selection from the Metu-Bishari collection, released by the Jimma Agricultural Research Center in 1974
The number is the release. In 1974 the Jimma Agricultural Research Center released a set of selections drawn from the Metu-Bishari collection in western Ethiopia, bred against coffee berry disease, which had moved through the country in the previous decade and threatened the crop nationally.
74110 is one of those. It isn't a hybrid or a cross. It's wild Ethiopian material selected for a trait, which is why it still cups like Ethiopian coffee rather than like a resistance variety.
Most of it ended up planted in the south, Gedeo and Sidama especially, distributed through government and cooperative programs. A current Yirgacheffe lot is usually some mix of 74-series selections and whatever local landrace was already in the ground, which is why so many Ethiopian lot sheets list two numbers or say "heirloom" and leave it there.
In the cup 74110 runs toward citrus and florals with a clean, tea-like body. It's a meaningful part of what the Yirgacheffe profile actually is.
74110 is one of those. It isn't a hybrid or a cross. It's wild Ethiopian material selected for a trait, which is why it still cups like Ethiopian coffee rather than like a resistance variety.
Most of it ended up planted in the south, Gedeo and Sidama especially, distributed through government and cooperative programs. A current Yirgacheffe lot is usually some mix of 74-series selections and whatever local landrace was already in the ground, which is why so many Ethiopian lot sheets list two numbers or say "heirloom" and leave it there.
In the cup 74110 runs toward citrus and florals with a clean, tea-like body. It's a meaningful part of what the Yirgacheffe profile actually is.
