Tea & Coffee 12/02 - Industry Forecast (#)
„In respect to green bean production, I can only foresee misery and heartache for those growers producing Robusta, and for those producing Arabica for the multinationals. I would like more scope to explain - I tend to agree with Oxfam’s argument, but not their solution to the problem.” - George Sabados, president Austral Asian Specialty Coffee Association, Australia“
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Fairtrade | News | Press Release
„For coffee sold with the FAIRTRADE Mark, coffee growers get a fair price, currently double the global market price for arabica beans and triple for robusta beans. Under conventional agreements, they get just over half what it actually costs to grow the beans, meaning that they are effectively subsidising our coffee drinking.“
http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/pr131103.htm
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Robusta Coffees for Home Roast Espresso Blends
„(Also, Robustas such as these are now being used in filter coffee "high caffeine" blend since the caffeine levels are doubled in Robusta over Arabica. But this really isn't something I am going to endorse, or even investigate myself even though such brands as ShockCoffee are doing exactly this...) Also check out Nestle's description of Robusta -interesting!“
http://www.sweetmarias.com/coffee.robusta.html
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Espresso Blending Techniques (INeedCoffee.com)
„Now small amounts (less than 10%) are rules of thumb, and its got to be good quality robusta (there is some out there. In fact I've tasted robustas better than some arabica beans I've been sent). Don't be a snob, it adds a little caffeine kick to a blend, and it gives you great crema and balances out the cup. I have blends without robusta in them that are great, but none are better than those blends which do contain Robusta.“
http://www.ineedcoffee.com/04/blending/
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The Espresso Pages from Sweet Maria's: Espresso: Specific Techniques
„Arabica coffees (that means every coffee we sell except those at the VERY end of our list under the Premium Robusta heading) produce a fine crema, with good aromatics, and a lighter brown-yellow color. Robusta coffees (from the species coffea canefora) make a greater volume of crema, but it has larger "bubbles" and dissipates faster. Robusta has about 2x the caffeine of arabica, 2.2 to 2.4% compared to 1.1 to 1.3% in arabica. It can have a very rubbery-medicinal flavor when there is too much in the espresso blend.“
http://www.sweetmarias.com/ espresso-specifics1.html
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India coffee - Indian Coffee, monthly magazine published by the Coffee Board, online edition
„ The incidence and management of white stem borer is the most talked about subject in the arabica coffee growers' circle in Karnataka at present. Though this serious pest of coffee is not unfamiliar to the arabica growers ever since they took up coffee planting, the present crisis with regards to its management is an unprecedented one in the recent time. (August 2004)“
http://www.indiacoffee.org/newsletter/ archives.html
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