Posted on April 20 2016
Icatú was first developed in Brazil and is known for its high productivity and good disease resistance. Originally developed in 1985, it was only officially released in 1993 by the Instituto Agronômico de Campinas (IAC) in Campinas Brazil and has become widespread within the country since that time.
There are, in fact, many Icatú sub-varietals as the variety has robusta inputs and has been back-crossed with Arabica cultivars many times in order to continue to improve cup quality.
