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.“

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Cafe´ de Colombia - COFFEE BEANS

  „In Colombia, Arabica is exclusively grown. Coffea Robusta or canephora is commonly called Robusta. As the name indicates, this tree can withstand harsher temperatures and conditions than most. Considered by the trade to be less flavorful and aromatic than Arabica, it is widely used in instant and less expensive coffees.“

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Coffee Glossary

  „The coffee species second in importance to "Coffea Arabica," "Coffea Robusta" is known by botanists as "Coffea Canephora."“

http://www.lucidcafe.com/glossary.html - Cached

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.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide

  „For those who just walked into the coffee movie, most of the coffee grown commercially in the world comes from trees of two species: arabica and robusta. Coffea arabica is the original commercial species of coffee, the one that Kaldi's tiresomely celebrated goats ate, the species that first sold human beings on the pleasures of the cup. Robusta, the popular name for Coffea canephora, is a lower-growing, higher bearing, more disease-resistant species first grown commercially in the early 20th century.All sorts of factors influence how green coffees taste, but if you were served a robusta and an arabica that were perfectly and uniformly handled from tree to cup, you would find that the robusta tastes heavier, more neutral, less like "coffee" and more like roasted grain, vaguely sweet and nutty. The arabica would taste brighter and drier (i.e.“

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