How about Arabica coffee beans? what kind of coffee beans does Starbucks use?

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In fact, Arabica is only one of the three native species of coffee in the world, and the other two are Robusta and Liberica. Robusta is commonly used for instant, instant drinks and specific Italian blends. Compared to the other two native species. Arabica coffee beans do have better aroma, and when roasted properly, they show a better taste and sweetness.

Arabica accounts for about 7080% of the world's coffee beans, which means that the long-publicized "100% made of Arabica coffee beans" is actually the highest yield of coffee beans in the world, without any particularity. Moreover, there are 2,000 to 3,000 varieties in the Arabica category, including high-quality varieties and ordinary varieties, which only claim Arabica, because they do not dare to specify which variety is in the Arabica category.

Arabica is usually regarded as "high-quality" coffee beans because it is rich in flavor and does not have the strong bitterness of robusta beans. Many manufacturers will specially mark their roasted coffee beans as 100% Arabica beans to show their quality.

Because Arabica coffee produced in different regions, different elevations and different climates usually has its own characteristics and can show a completely different regional flavor. After proper baking, the aroma of fruit and the sweetness of caramel, in most cases, have a better aroma and flavor than robusta beans.

Popularize some typical varieties of Arabica.

Iron pickup (Typica)

Iron pickup is one of the oldest varieties of coffee and is considered to be the prototype of all varieties or genetic screening. Bourbon, Java and elephant beans are all derived from him. The flavor is good and the output is low.

Bourbon (Bourbon)

Bourbon is another ancient coffee variety that originated from a genetic mutation in the iron pickup. Coffee peel more color, common red peel, yellow pericarp, now you can also see orange peel and pink pericarp bourbon.

Gene mutant

Katura (Caturra)

Kaddura is a single-gene variety of bourbon with a flavor similar to bourbon but high yield. The plant is relatively low, mainly with red and yellow pericarp.

Elephant bean (Maragogype)

Elephant bean is the largest variety of coffee beans in the world, and it is also a very well-known variety of iron pickup beans, which is three times the shape of ordinary coffee beans, hence the name.

Hybrid species

Katim (Catimor)

Katim is a hybrid of Katura and Tim (natural variety of Robusta). The plant has good disease resistance, strong adaptability and high yield, but the flavor is common.

Lifting mill (Timor)

Lifting mill is a mixture of Arabica and stout beans, which has strong resistance to leaf rust and common flavor, and is usually used to make low-cost formula beans.

Although Starbucks has always been a giant in the coffee industry, there is no shortage of people who have other views on Starbucks coffee. There will be a little doubt about the coffee beans used by Starbucks, because as a global coffee chain, it is impossible for each store to roast coffee beans individually, it must be arranged and distributed by the company's distribution chain, which leads to domestic and foreign distribution problems, which may lead to some deviation in the flavor of coffee beans, although the beans are made from Luodou and Arabica. However, the climate and environment of different regions will affect the flavor.

Then, in order to follow the trend of individual coffee, Starbucks launched a coffee selection program, which strictly selects Arabica coffee from various countries.