Tabi: a Colombian variety with better disease resistance

Tabi has Typica, Bourbon, and Timor Hybrid genetic heritage. This combination matters: Typica and Bourbon bring history and quality potential, while Timor Hybrid is linked to disease resistance.

Tabi is a good example of a variety created for farmers’ real-world conditions, not just for the story on the label. In a country like Colombia, where coffee leaf rust can seriously affect production, disease resistance isn’t a technical footnote. It can mean a more stable harvest, more predictable costs, and more room for the producer to focus on quality.

Tabi is tied primarily to Colombia, because it was developed by Colombian agricultural research for local producers’ conditions. You can find it in Colombian specialty lots, sometimes as the main variety, other times in a seasonal blend or a lot where several varieties work together.

For a customer, Tabi shouldn’t be read as a spectacular name in itself. It’s more a sign that the producer is working with a modern variety designed to combine quality with resistance. When the lot is good, that can add up to a clear, sweet, stable coffee — without the variety necessarily being the most noticeable element in the taste.

Tabi can support coffees that are:

• clean;
• sweet;
• balanced;
• with pleasant acidity;
• well suited to specialty lots when grown and processed carefully.

At this time, we don’t promote an individual Tabi coffee here unless it’s available for purchase.

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