Why Robusta coffee varieties with poor flavor evaluation are popular all over the world

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This site introduces the history of coffee. This time it is about the "Robusta species" of one of the coffee bean varieties. Although it is a kind of robusta coffee that is still popular all over the world, the taste and taste of coffee beans are controversial. Let's see how this coffee bean has spread to the world with its historical background.

Discovery of Robusta species

It is said that the countries of origin of the Robusta species are Uganda and Congo in Africa. People living in Uganda have a long-standing habit of biting coffee beans, which seem to belong to the Robusta category.

In 1862, explorers on their first visit to Uganda are said to have discovered Robota beans.

The beginning of cultivation

It is said that Rosta coffee beans were officially cultivated around the end of the 19th century. It seems that the Dutch who found Robusta coffee beans on the Belgian territory of the Congo at the time began to grow them. It was first discovered about 30 years later.

Critical flavor

At first, the rating of the Robusta variety was not very good, and the evaluation in the market was another matter. However, even among the coffee beans released at that time, the low price was affected and gradually spread all over the world.

A big fashion in Holland

During World War I, Robusta coffee beans were popular in the Netherlands. The original Dutch Arabica coffee beans were eroded by leaf rust, but in the 1920s about 80% of Arabica coffee beans became robusta.

After the outbreak in the Netherlands, Robusta species were planted not only in Java, but also in Ceylon, Africa, India and other places.

In 1956, 20% of the world's coffee became robusta coffee, becoming a big market and officially recognized by the New York Coffee Exchange in 1960.

Disease-resistant Robusta species

Robusta species has the advantage of "disease resistance" in cultivation. Arabica coffee plantations were damaged by the spread of "rust" in Indonesia in the 1980s.

The Robusta species appeared at that time. It is understood that since the epidemic of rust, more than 90% of coffee beans in Indonesia have become robusta species.

Robusta species are easy to grow and contain many hybrids.

Robusta species, because the environment does not depend on varieties such as even in strong cultivation is not lowland disease, is mass-produced varieties account for 20% to 30% of the world's coffee production today.

In addition, hybrids with Arabian species also take advantage of this feature. As you can see, the Robusta variety is a good planting variety because of various hybrids such as Alaska, Katim, Wadar and Columbia.

In this way, the Robusta variety quickly spread to the world as a variety capable of mass production.