Ethiopian Heirloom (Landraces)

‘Heirloom’ is the catch-all trade term for the thousands of indigenous Arabica landraces grown in Ethiopia, the plant's centre of origin. Rather than named, stabilised cultivars, these are genetically diverse populations — some collected and coded by the Jimma Agricultural Research Center (JARC) — that account for the floral, tea-like complexity associated with Ethiopian coffee. This wild diversity is the single most important genetic reservoir for the species and underpins global breeding for disease resistance and climate resilience.