Catuaí

Bred in Brazil by crossing Caturra with Mundo Novo, Catuaí was built for resilience: compact, high-yielding, and able to hold its cherries through wind and rain. The cup is correspondingly dependable rather than flashy — gentle nuttiness, chocolate, and caramel sweetness. It is the quiet backbone of countless Latin American farms, the variety that pays the bills while the Geisha gets the headlines.