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People may describe it this way, if Arabica is a gift from angels, Robusta coffee beans are like demon boogers, always despised and spurned by coffee gluttons. (read the full text.)

People always habitually look at things in dichotomy, good and bad, good and evil, good and bad. The same seems to be 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". We may describe it this way: if Arabica is a gift from angels, Robusta is like the booger of the devil, always despised and spurned by coffee gluttons.

Why are Robusta coffee beans 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 exquisite 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 discuss it? That's a good question. As mentioned at the beginning, everything has its advantages and disadvantages. Good beans take you to heaven, rotten beans make you beat your heart. This is true of Arabica, and Robusta is no exception.

Under the tide of refined coffee in recent years, exquisite robusta beans with high standard treatment have appeared in the world. The representative of boutique India Kappi Royale beans is India's Robusta (Robusta "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 with the standards and procedures of refined Arabica beans! It includes exquisite whole water washing treatment and Pulp Natural "honey treatment" (mucous membrane drying and 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 the exquisite planting and handling procedures, the flavor of the Royal Coffee Robusta 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, lower taste, as well as peanut butter, hazelnut-like walnuts, peanuts, hazelnuts, wheat and nuts.

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. Italian coffee expert David Schumann David C.Schomer 's famous Seattle-based Espresso Vivace began adding 14% of the Indian "Royal Coffee" Robusta to 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% all-Robbins Indian CxR single espresso in 2009 and scoring 90 and 91 points by Coffee Review in 2009 and 2010, proving that Robsta is not what it used to be.

Incidentally, the price of Robusta, the Royal Coffee Grade in India, is not cheap, which is comparable to that of many high-end Arabica beans. So, from now on, please stop saying: Robota beans are rotten beans-after all, times have changed. With the emergence and gradual attention of high-quality Robusta, it is bound to cause some chain reactions and changes to the exquisite coffee culture.

If you want to ask the country or region that loves Robes Tadou most, the first place is Espresso's hometown "Italy". 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 high proportion of robusta beans. It is common to have a content of 30% to 60%. 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 that there are more than a dozen, or even as many as 20, varieties of 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. In fact, 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 coffee 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 smells and qualities that Arabica beans do not have. as long as you are familiar with and fully master these smells and qualities, a good cook (coffee roaster) will be able to serve magical dishes (espresso).

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, and cannot mix cuttings with each other, indicating that the two are completely different varieties. it also explains why there are so many completely different places between Arabica and Robusta.

I like this analogy; Arabica beans are like "earthlings", which we are easy to see and familiar with. Robusta coffee beans are like "aliens". Although they have the appearance close to the people on earth, they are 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 be married to have children, after ingenious arrangement, they are skillfully put together to make up for their weaknesses and fully cooperate, so that they can contribute their respective strengths and stir up an amazing spark.

I was born to be useful. Robusta and Arabica are both gifts from heaven, and the difference is only for those who use them.

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