It was disclosed as part of an initiative to test new crop varieties, the Azores manufactured 6,000 coffee plants in Terceira, which will be planted this month in experimental areas across multiple islands. The goal of this initiative, which is partnering with Delta Cafés, is to investigate how well six new Brazilian Arabica coffee varieties adapt and produce.

The Azorean Government has shared in a statement that this project “aims to study the adaptation and productive capacity of six new varieties of Arabica coffee, coming from Brazil, in comparison with the two varieties already existing in the Azores”. As stated in the notice, “the six varieties under study were chosen from a group of more than 200 varieties of Arabica coffee”, António Ventura, the regional secretary for Agriculture and Food has shared.

Thus, at the Agrarian Development Service on Terceira Island, the Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Food, in collaboration with the Association of Azorean Coffee Producers, manufactured 6,000 coffee plants, which will be planted in experimental fields across multiple islands this month.

The fields, that will be used in this experiment, were chosen by a team of technicians from the Agrarian Development Services of the islands taking part in this study. “Coffee culture in the Azores will benefit from this study” because it makes “scientific knowledge” available, António Ventura stresses, adding that “coffee culture is only viable for the Azores if a differentiated and excellent product is produced, namely the production of special coffees”.