Will Robusta, the revolutionary boutique of Robusta coffee, become a trend?
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Robusta coffee
People always habitually look at things in dichotomy, good and bad, good and evil, good and bad. The same is true in the world of coffee. "Arabica" coffee beans are always classified as "good", while its distant relative "Robusta" coffee beans are often classified as "bad".
Why is Robusta so notorious? Robusta beans, which are round in appearance and look like soybeans at first glance, are also known as thick and strong beans. They have strong resistance to diseases and insect pests, large output and low price. The boutique coffee industry used to have a very poor impression of Robusta because it usually does not have a charming and meticulous flavor. The bigger problem is that because the setting is a low-cost product, most of the planting methods are very rough, resulting in a bad smell. It often smells like dirt, dirt, and sometimes even a smell like charred tires and burning plastic. Ten years ago, I had a chance to taste several cheap Robusta beans in Vietnam. Some of them tasted unforgettable, because they were almost like charred wheat tea seasoned with tires. With the other nine bad flavors, I couldn't help but spit them out. I don't want another sip.
If Robusta beans are so bad, why talk about it? That's a good question! As mentioned at the beginning of this article, everything has its advantages and disadvantages. Good beans take you to heaven, rotten beans let you hang your heart! This is true of Arabica, and Robusta is no exception! In fact, under the tide of boutique coffee in recent years, exquisite robusta beans with high standard treatment have appeared in the world! The representative of boutique robusta beans, the first is India's "coffee royal" grade Bengal tiger boutique India "Kappi Royale" Robusta.
Kappi Royale means "top grade". At present, there are at least four (and growing) private coffee farms in India to grow and produce high-quality "coffee royal" and "Kappi Royale" grade robusta coffee beans according to the standards and procedures of refined Arabica beans! It includes exquisite full water washing treatment and Pulp Natural mucosal drying semi-washing treatment which is popular in recent years. The advent of the "Coffee Royal" grade exquisite Robusta beans has undoubtedly begun to change the world's impression of Robusta! Most people who have drunk it will be surprised by its thick and clean characteristics. Because of its exquisite planting and handling routines, the Royale Robusta flavor is mostly quite clean, without the intrusive flavor of the cheap Robusta (off-flavors). The Robusta is born without the elegant aroma of Arabica beans, replaced by a thicker, calmer taste, as well as strong walnut, peanut, hazelnut and wheat flavors like peanut butter and hazelnut.
India's "Coffee Royal" grade Robusta currently produces very little, but it has begun to attract the attention of the elite of the boutique coffee industry all over the world. David Schumann, an expert in Italian coffee, David C. Schomer's famous Seattle-based Espresso Vivace began adding 14% of the Indian "Royal Coffee" Robusta to its Italian formula beans as early as a decade ago. Paradise Roasters, the national coffee evaluation points champion roaster, took the lead in the North American boutique coffee market, launching a 100% Indian CxR single espresso coffee in 2009 and 2010, and received a Coffee Review rating of 90 and 91 points in 2009 and 2010! It proves that Robusta is not what it used to be!
If you want to ask the country or region that loves Robusta beans most, the first place is Italy, the hometown of espresso! If you narrow it down, to be more precise, the largest use of robusta beans is in southern Italy, such as Palermo, Naples and Sicilia. In fact, in southern Italy, most of the coffee people drink contains a considerable proportion of robusta beans. The content of 30% to 60 is commonplace, and the Robusta content of some formula beans is as high as 80% or even 100%!
Open the table of beans supplied by local wholesalers of raw coffee beans in Italy, and you will see a list of more than a dozen, or even as many as two dozen, raw beans from all over the world, for local coffee roasters to choose from. This phenomenon does not exist in other parts of the world, such as the United States and Canada, Northern Europe, Japan and even Taiwan.
You may wonder why the Italians mix a lot of robusta in Arabica beans. Generally speaking, Italians mix with Robusta in order to increase the Crema content of Espresso. This is only half true, and there is another little-known reason.
It turned out that southern Italy used to be a relatively poor region, where people could only afford cheap coffee, so at first it was mixed with Robusta beans simply to reduce costs. However, after years of massive baking and blending of Robusta, coupled with Italy's natural sensitivity to cooking, they found that Robusta beans have many qualities that Arabica beans do not have. as long as you are familiar with and fully master these qualities, a good cook (coffee roaster) will be able to serve magical dishes (Italian coffee beans). Compared with 44 pairs of chromosomes in Arabica beans, Robbosa beans have only 22 pairs of chromosomes, with caffeine contents of 1.5% and 2.8%, respectively. The two are completely different varieties and cannot be mixed, which explains why there are many complete differences between the two.
Arabica beans are like earthlings, which are easy to see and familiar to us. Rob Tadou is like an alien, although it has the appearance of being close to the people on earth, but it is actually completely different on the inside. Earthlings and aliens have their own advantages and disadvantages, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Although they are different races and cannot marry to have children, through exquisite arrangements, putting them together cleverly to make up for their weaknesses and full cooperation, they will be able to contribute their respective strengths and excite an amazing spark! I was born to be useful. Robusta and Arabica are both gifts from angels, the difference is only in the use of people.
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