Coffea liberica
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Coffea |
| Species: | C. liberica
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Coffea liberica is the third most common species of coffee for commercial production (after Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora ("robusta")). It is a much taller tree than those two, and its beans are also larger.
The two coffee varieties "liberica" and "excelsa" are both considered part of the C. liberica species, but they are different from each other in both genetics and flavor so they're considered distinct kinds of coffee.
Liberica coffee (Kapeng barako)
Comes from the tallest tree, so the beans are harvested with a ladder, and also an endangered species (few wild plants left and many farms switching to shorter / hybrid varieties). Beans are quite large and asymmetric. Taste is big and bold, smoky with notes of anise, but with plenty of acidity too.