Tips on Coffee - The Coffee Plant (#)

  „By far, Coffea Arabica and Coffea Robusta are the species of coffee plant most commonly cultivated. The other sspecies of coffee plants are not cultivated commercially. There are indoor coffee plants grown for esthetics because the plant can do well indoors where it is carefully cared for. Class of the coffee plant: Dicotyledoneae Subclass of the coffee plant: Sympetalae or Metachlamydeae Order of the coffee plant: Rubiales Family of the coffee plant:  Rubiaceae Genus of the coffee plant:  Coffea Some Species of the coffee plant: Coffea Arabica, Coffea RobustaThe coffee plant originally grew in African tropical forests.“

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

  „Arabica, Coffea Arabica.  The earliest cultivated species of coffee tree and still the most widely grown. It produces approximately 70% of the world's coffee, and is dramatically superior in cup quality to the other principal commercial coffee species, Coffea canephora or Robusta .All fine, specialty, and fancy coffees come from Coffea arabica trees. “

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

  „Coffea Arabica.  The earliest cultivated species of coffee tree and still the most widely grown. It produces approximately 70% of the world's coffee, and is dramatically superior in cup quality to the other principal commercial coffee species, Coffea canephora or Robusta .All fine, specialty, and fancy coffees come from Coffea arabica trees. “

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