Supermarket Coffee vs. Specialty Store Coffee (#)
„On the contrary, coffee trees, if left unpruned, can reach up to approximately thirty feet. Coffea Robusta tend to be a hardier, more disease-resistant bean which are less expensive to maintain and produce a higher yield than other commercial beans. Harvesting and drying of the beans is often less careful resulting in off flavors at times due to irregularities in the bean. Consequently these are used for the less expensive supermarket canned and instant coffees.“
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Arabica, The Coffee Lover's Choice (INeedCoffee.com)
„There’s a whole wide world of beans out there, but almost all commercial coffee comes from the beans of only two varieties of plant – coffea arabica or coffea robusta. You’re forgiven if you think robusta to be the more appealing of the two. The mega-roasters spend millions each year to keep the everyday coffee drinker in the dark.“
http://www.ineedcoffee.com/01/02/arabica/
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Cafe´ de Colombia - COFFEE BEANS
„Cafe´ de Colombia - COFFEE BEANS Good coffee comes down to good beans. There are two basic bean types: Robusta and Arabica:“
http://www.juanvaldez.com/menu/history/ beans.html
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Tea & Coffee 01/03 - A Place for Robustas in the World of Gourmet Coffees
„While most Robustas find themselves in dire straits, their trouble is not caused by the robusta variety per se. Coffea Canephora which is the scientific name of the robusta plant, is in no way “worse” than Coffea Arabica. The latter has just fared better in policies, processing, selection and especially marketing. Gourmet Robustas are already produced, although still almost confidentially, and they prove to be excellent, with appearance and cup qualities different from those of Arabicas, but equally appealing.“
http://www.teaandcoffee.net/0103/special.htm
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„So, apart from method, what else does the crema signify? Back to Ewan Reid."The crema allows us to guess at the type of bean used in the espresso blend. A blend using lots of robusta beans will have a dark brown and, although shortlived, an effervescent crema. Arabica beans will have a lighter coloured crema, with a less vigorous foam." It's precisely because of these visual cues that you can see our coffee experts staring intently at the cup of espresso, before raising it to their lips.“
http://www.matthewalgie.com/find_out/ lab-cremcon.html
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