Republic of the Philippines

Department of Agriculture
AGRICULTURAL TRAINING INSTITUTE
Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City

Copyright 2003

References

Modules on Coffee Production.

DA-ATI, CAR, BSU Compd.,
La Trinidad, Benguet.

Coffee.
DA-Information Division
in cooperation with
Bureau of Plant Industry
Elliptical Road Diliman, Quezon City.

Pictures Provided By

Cavite State University.

Indang, Cavite

This brochure was prepared at the Agricultural Training

Institute (ATI) by Polly Michelle S. Quides (managing editor and
desktop publishing artist), Antonieta J. Arceo (editor), Alejandro
C. Mojica, PhD (Director of Research, Cavite State University;
Executive Director, Cavite Coffee Development Board and subject
matter specialist), Roberto T. Masbang and Editha S. Vinuya
(editorial consultants) and Dir. Asterio P. Saliot and Dir. Alberto
B. Maningding (advisers).

This is one of the seven brochures in the

Coffee Production Kit

Second Printing
-2007-

In the Philippines, the coffee
industry began in 1740 during the Spanish
regime. It is considered one of the high-value
crops in the local and foreign markets.
Coffee is among the top ten agricultural
products in terms of value.
characterizedbylarge,umbrella-shapedgrowthwiththin
leaves which have more wavy margins. The flowers are
whitewithfourtosixpetals.Theberriesarebornein
heavy cluster. Bearing commences on its third year from
transplanting.Ityields1,200kgormoreperhectareof
cleandrycoffeebeans.
Liberica
Thisvarietyis

Coffee varieties locallyknownas

“Kapeng Barako”.
Treesareupright
withstraighttrunks,
Arabica weedy and grow to a
This is considered to be the height of about nine
bestcoffeeinothercountries meters. The leaves
becauseofitsexcellentflavorand arethickerthanExcelsaandtwiceaslongasArabica.Ithas
aroma.Itisknownlocallyas the biggest berries among the four varieties and are borne
“KapengTagalog”. singlyorinsmallclusters.Theberriesaredarkredwhen
ripe.Thisvarietyistoleranttodroughtandcangrowto
Thisvarietyis widersoiltypes.Itstartsbearingfourtofiveyearsafter
characterizedbywavyleaf transplanting and yields approximately 500 kg of dry
margins,lightgreencolorandthin coffee beans per hectare.
leaf.Itsflowersarewhiteandcreamywithshortpedicels.
The berries are oblong in shape, measuring about 1.5 cm Excelsa
long, green when
This has wide
immature and turns red or yellow depending on maturity.
leavesthatare
thickerthan
Arabica yields 500 to 1,000 kg of clean dry coffee Robusta, but
beansperhectare.Thisvarietyisanearlybearer,itbears
thinner,
fruitstwotothreeyearsfromplanting.
smoother and
more rounded
Robusta thanLiberica.
Thisvariety The young
ishighyielding leavesareusuallyshinywithbronze-violetcolor.Berriesare
andmoreresis- borneinheavycluster,varyinginsizeandusuallybigger
tanttopestsand thanArabicabutsmallerthanLiberica.Thisvarietyis
diseases. resistanttodrought.Bearingstartsfourtofiveyearsafter
Robustais transplanting.Ityieldsapproximately1,000kgofcleandry
coffee beans per hectare.