Colombia C.G.L.E. Potosi CGLE-17 Washed

The varietal was created with a crossing experiment of selected Caturras and Ethiopian materials. In this case Geisha.

The main reasons of creating this varietal was to increase the amount of resistances to the coffee rust and also adaptability to dry seasons. The research started in 2011 with a first selection of Caturras planted in Potosi farm and the hybrid result of that selection was planted in the field in 2014.

Three years later in the first harvest the cherries were processed to verify the cup and as expected it had a lack of complexity. More than a good cup the team was looking for a difference in the physiology of the trees, production of fresh cherries per tree etc. Once this second phase was finished and the results were shown the last crossing was done using the geisha varietal previously selected from Cerro Azul farm.

The first lot with this new hybrid was planted in 2017 in one of the

highest lots in Potosi farm (1890 m.a.s.l.). 642 trees were planted in a area of 2500 meters.