Just added to your cart. Continue shopping. Close search. Arabica vs. It's time to put on your learning caps and brew yourself a fresh coffee cup—it's time for some bean knowledge!
Robusta is one of the most significant decisions you'll make when entering the world of delicious coffee. This guide will help you make an educated decision between these two types of coffee to find your new favorite. Hint: We bet it'll be Arabica! What is Arabica Coffee? Arabica coffee comes from the beans of a Coffea arabica plant, which originated in Ethiopia.
What is Robusta Coffee? Robusta Coffee is coffee made from the beans of the Coffea canephora plant, the origins of which are in Africa. Robusta coffee is notoriously bitter and is used primarily in instant coffee, espresso, and as a filler in certain blends of ground coffee. Robusta Without a doubt, coffee aficionados have heard the words "Robusta" or "Arabica. Higher quality Arabica beans have a bright body, possess a satisfying amount of acidity, and tend to have a multi-layered intricacy of flavors and aromas; Arabica coffees can be best sampled on the front palate where sweetness and salinity are most apparent.
For best results when brewing this coffee at home, look for Arabica coffee that has a full body and lower acidity. Note that the quality of the Arabica bean diminishes when served cold or with creamer. It is best served hot, perhaps brewed with the pour-over or drip coffee technique. Its name is no coincidence. The Robusta varietal is extremely tolerant of its environment and practically immune to disease.
Robusta coffee can withstand myriad altitudes, but particularly requires a hot climate where rainfall is irregular. Robusta coffee beans have almost double the amount of caffeine compared to Arabica beans—in fact, caffeine is what makes Robusta plants so robust! When drinking, Robusta coffee is best sampled on the back palate where bitter notes are most apparent , which gives it a heavier body.
Today, Arabica coffee is grown in coffee-suitable regions around the world, typically in tropical regions and at high elevations, from Africa to Latin America to Indonesia to Brazil. Conditions have to be amenable to growing good Arabica coffee, and some coffee-growing countries, notably Vietnam, hardly grow Arabica at all.
The species is widely considered superior to its counterpart Robusta in flavor complexity, sweetness, balance, and acidity—particularly when lined up side by side against Robusta. Arabica coffee is also more difficult to grow and grow well than other kinds of coffee, and as such the beans are considered to be, and priced as, a premium commodity.
With the threat of coffee leaf rust and other environmental concerns jeopardizing the future of coffee, it will be important to continue research into hybrids like these to ensure coffee production is able to survive.
That said, there are higher quality Robustas and lower-quality Arabicas, and a Robusta or Robusta-involved blend may be just the thing for what some people are looking for, particularly in espressos. Arabica has about half as much caffeine as Robusta at twice the price, so, you do the math. Liz Clayton is the associate editor at Sprudge Media Network.
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