Salvadoran Science
Pacamara was created in a lab in El Salvador.
The project, started in the 1950s by the Instituto Salvadoreño de Investigaciones del Café (ISIC), tested various combinations of varieties. The most promising result was obtained by cross-pollinating a midget and a giant: the local dwarf mutation of Bourbon, Pacas, with the colossal Maragogype.
PACAs + MARAgogype = Pacamara