Is Robusta Coffee Bean really that bad? introduction to Robusta Coffee Bean producing area

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In recent years, a lot of good quality Robusta appeared on the market, vaguely can see someone in the improvement of this variety, but also improve the way of post-production, will say so because three years ago to participate in the political university coffee club visit course, Alice herself once drank a strong Robusta coffee, this left a deep impression. Although there is still no set of rules that can score Robusta, his refinement is already a rise that cannot be ignored.

So Alice felt that she had to taste it before she could judge a good cup of coffee, rather than just talk about it.

Demand from large bakers increases

Ricardo Piedrahita, sustainability manager at Nestle Colombia, points out that "there is an increasing demand for robusta beans from large coffee roasters." About 5% of the country's annual coffee production is bought by Nestle.

Do Ha Nam, chief executive of Intimex Group, Vietnam's largest agricultural trader, said production would exceed 1.8 million tons between October this year and October next year, even saying: "The world drinks all the coffee Vietnam produces, and we still can't meet demand."

That's good news for vietnamese farmers, whose coffee bean prices have risen 10% since october, when coffee futures, which had been sold short, have rebounded. According to commodity and supply chain management firm RCMA, demand for Robusta coffee between October this year and October next year will grow by more than 10% compared to the same period in 2016 - 2017.

Robusta coffee is the second most widely grown coffee variety in the world after Arabica coffee, and is also the variety used in Nestle instant coffee. According to IMRC Group, the global market for instant coffee will grow from $10.4 billion in 2014 to $14 billion in 2023, with an average annual growth rate of 4.7%.

In view of this, Intimex Group will also add three Robusta coffee bean processing plants this year to increase its capacity by 180,000 tons. Do Ha Nam also said last week that the company will export an all-time high of 510,000 tons of coffee this year.