#49: Beyond Heirlooms & Hybrids: Breaking Down the Coffees of Ethiopia & East Africa | Expo 2018
Summary: World Coffee Research (WCR) and Counter Culture have both independently been working on better more up-to-date reference guides on the coffee varieties and research that has been done, and currently being done, in Ethiopia and East Africa. Counter Culture will present on their newly published material, that for the first time consolidates over 50 in-depth descriptions on the varieties of Ethiopia. In this episode, WCR presents on their newly published African Variety Intelligence Report outlining the varieties and research of coffees from Kenya and other East African countries. This unique collaboration hopes to be for people a much needed missing puzzle piece of information, on some of the most beloved and misunderstood origins in the world. Join moderator Hanna Neuschwander (WCR) as she leads a panel of Dr. Benoît Bertrand (CIRAD), Christophe Montagnon (WCR), Getu Bekele Gedefa (Counter Culture Coffee), Jeff Koehler, and Timothy Hill (Counter Culture Coffee) in this fascinating discussion! Related Links - Read the full transcript on SCA News: https://scanews.coffee/podcast/49/beyond-heirlooms-hybrids-breaking-down-the-coffees-of-ethiopia-east-africa-expo-lectures-2018/ - Listen to other episodes of the SCA Podcast: https://scanews.coffee/category/podcasts/sca-lectures-podcast/ - Learn more about the upcoming 2019 Lecture Series: https://coffeeexpo.org/lectures Subscribe to this podcast on your favorite app: - iTunes: www.apple.co/2sXdmSj - Stitcher: www.bit.ly/2JBJOk8 - Pocket Casts: www.bit.ly/2JBowTT - RadioPublic: www.bit.ly/2JCfeGY Table of Contents 0:00 Introduction 2:00 Introduction to the topic and the panelists 6:00 Jeff Koehler, author of Where Wild Coffee Grows, on the story of Arabica coffee in Ethiopia’s forests 12:15 Benoît Georges Bertrand on what is a variety, especially in the context of Ethiopian coffee 20:00 Getu Bekele on what Ethiopian coffee growing looks like today 30:45 Timothy Hill on how he navigates the genetic complexity of Ethiopia’s coffees as a green buyer 35:00 Christophe Montagnon on the variety landscape across Africa generally 46:45 Benoît Georges Bertrand on what global breeding work is taking place using coffee trees from Ethiopia 53:00 Timothy Hill on how he, as a green buyer, buys and markets coffees 55:45 Where are we now in understanding coffee’s genetic varieties and what we can look forward to in the future? Audience Questions 1:07:40 If a farmer has two stable populations of a particular variety and are close enough to each other to cross, will these varieties cross genetically by themselves naturally? 1:12:00 How confident are we that there are different varieties of coffees in different Ethiopian coffee forests? 1:16:30 How participatory was the Ethiopian government when it came to creating the books on Ethiopian coffee varieties 1:18:20 Outro
