A large-beaned cross of Maragogipe and Caturra, best known from Nicaragua.
Maracaturra is a hybrid of Maragogipe, the rare huge-beaned variety, and Caturra, a compact Bourbon mutant. It produces very large beans and is best known today from Nicaragua, alongside plantings in El Salvador and Brazil.
Sources disagree on where it began: one review credits Nicaraguan farmer Byron Corrales with creating it, while Wikipedia says it is believed to have arisen naturally in Brazil in the late 1800s. World Coffee Research says it likely began as a natural Caturra and Maragogipe cross in Nicaragua, where INTA made selections from 1976 that were never completed, and that it has never been stabilized.
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Maracaturra is a cross of Maragogipe and Caturra.
Sources · 4 Every sentence here was checked against a source we read. Taste notes are what guides describe, not promises about your bag. Last revised 2026-11-11. Some details here are less settled than others.
- Byron's Maracaturra Natural Nicaragua · Coffee Review
- Maracaturra coffee · Wikipedia
- 30 Coffee Varieties, Varietals, Cultivars and Hybrids · Colipse
- WCR Arabica Varieties Catalog: Pacamara · World Coffee Research