The coffee producing areas of the Bucaramanga region are very lush with ideal rainfall, cloud cover and soil conditions. This area is also distinctive in that a large number of plantations have maintained their original "Typica" trees. (Typica trees produce a superior bean to the more common "Caturra" hybrid tree, the source of most Colombian beans.) These plantations also maintain banana trees which provide ideal shading for the coffee trees. Typica trees produce fruit that is bold in size, heavier in body with soft, pleasant acidity.