Comparison table between Arabica and Robusta

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1. Arabica (Arabica)

Arabica, also known as alpine beans, has the following main characteristics:

The fragrant smell of ● is strong.

● is not easy to taste bitter.

● coffee oil content is moderate

● has high acidity.

The caffeine content of ● is 30% of Robusta.

Arabica coffee accounts for about 65% of the coffee beans in the world. Its excellent flavor and aroma make her the only coffee that can be drunk directly and alone among these native species. However, its resistance to dryness, frost, diseases and insect pests is low, especially the biggest natural enemy of coffee-leaf rust, so all producing countries are committed to improving varieties.

Arabica is a large shrub with oval, dark green leaves and oval fruit. There are generally two slightly flattened beans with small and round beans, long oval on the front, narrow and S-shaped cracks in the middle, and smooth arcs on the back of the beans. Caffeine content is about 1% Muay 1.7%.

Arabica coffee trees grow between 600m and 2000 m above sea level; they are cold-resistant, and the suitable growth temperature is 15ml / 24 ℃; they need more humidity, and the annual rainfall is not less than 1500 ml. At the same time, they also require higher cultivation techniques and conditions.

Arabica coffee beans are mainly grown in South America (except Argentina and parts of Brazil), Central American countries, Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia, mainly East Africa), Asia (including parts of Yemen, India and Papua New Guinea), and a small amount of Arabica coffee beans are also grown in Yunnan, Hainan and Taiwan in China.

2. Robusta (Robusta)

The main features of Robusta:

● has a poor aroma.

● tends to have a bitter taste after deep baking.

More ● Creama

● has low acidity.

● is high in caffeine.

Arabica coffee beans grow at colder high elevations in the tropics, and those high temperatures and low elevations that are not suitable for Arabica are the land of Robusta. Robstado grows in the lowlands at 200-600m above sea level and likes warm climates. the temperature is 24-29 ℃, and the requirement for rainfall is not high. However, the variety depends on insects or wind to pollinate, so it takes 11 months from pollination to fruit, which is longer than the Arabica species.

Robusta kind of Ken has a unique aroma (known as "Rob flavor", some people mainly moldy smell) and bitter taste. If 23% of the coffee is mixed with other coffee, the whole cup of coffee will become Rob flavor (therefore, Robusta coffee beans can not be drunk as individual coffee beans). Its flavor is so bright and strong, but if you want to taste it directly, you have to be prepared. In general, robusta coffee is used in instant coffee (which extracts about twice as much liquid as Arabica), canned coffee, liquid coffee and other industrial coffees. Its caffeine content is much higher than that of Arabica, about 3.2%.

The coffee tree planted by Robusta is a kind of tree between shrubs and tall trees. Its leaves are long and bright green. The tree can be up to 10 meters high, but its roots are very shallow. The fruit is slightly rounder and smaller than Arabica coffee. The bean body is flat and round. The middle pit is straight.

The output of Robusta species accounts for 25% of coffee bean production, which accounts for 25% of coffee bean production. Its main producing country is Indonesia (one of its coffee beans is a kind of coffee bean processed by washing method, which is a hybrid between Robusta and Arabica. It is the only coffee bean on the Chinese market that can be used as a single drink), Vietnam, Africa, (Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Angola as the center of the West African countries), Vietnam has been more committed to coffee production in recent years, and included it in the national policy (Vietnam also produces a small number of Arabica coffee beans).

Arabica

Robusta

Mostly found in tropical Central and South America

Of Madagascar in west-central and eastern Africa and Indonesia in Asia

Planted on an alpine slope at an altitude of 900 mi 2000 meters.

Planted on an alpine slope at an altitude of 200 Mel 600 meters above sea level

Need a high degree of manual intensive care

By contrast, it doesn't take much manpower.

The taste is rich.

The taste is poor and bitter.

Low caffeine content

The caffeine content is about twice that of Arabica.

The price is higher

The price is lower

The shape of the bean is small, the front is long oval, the middle crack is narrow and tortuous, and the arc on the back of the bean is smooth.

The bean shape is larger, the front is gradually round, and the back is round and straight, a bit like barley seed.