Are the coffee beans you bought 100% Arabica? Why do so many people like Arabica coffee?

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Arabica, also known as small coffee beans, is native to Ethiopia. Coffee planting conditions are more stringent, disease resistance is weak, higher altitude requirements, slower growth, higher quality, raw bean treatment is more refined.

Arabica Coffee Tree is a large shrub with coconut-shaped leaves and dark green leaves and coconut-shaped fruit. Generally, there are two slightly flat beans with long coconut shape on the front, narrow and curved cracks in the middle, S-shaped, and a flat arc on the back of the beans. Caffeine content is about 0.8% Rue 1.5%.

It grows at colder high altitudes in the tropics and is an important kind of commercial coffee with a fruiting period of less than three years and a high-quality aroma and sour taste. Arabica coffee beans are of Ethiopian origin, mainly in South America (except parts of Argentina and Brazil), Central America, Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia, etc.), mainly East African countries, Asia (parts of Yemen, India and Papua New Guinea) In terms of composition alone, Arabica coffee has a low caffeine content, ranging from 0.9% to 1.2%, and is rich in fat and sugar, so it has a soft, non-irritating, fresh and sweet taste; it has a varied and broad potential flavor. Arabica coffee produced in different regions, different elevations and different climates usually has its own characteristics and can show a completely different flavor. "Arabica" coffee smells like grass when it is not roasted. After proper roasting, it shows "fruity" (medium to shallow roasting) and "caramel sweetness" (deep roasting).

1, the market share is relatively large, there are many varieties of coffee, first of all, the two most common varieties are: Arabica and Robusta! The coffee beans on the market, unless there is coffee specially grown by Robusta, no matter what name you encounter, such as Yega Sheffield, Mantenin, Columbia, etc., all belong to the subline or native varieties under the Arabica variety.

2. Expensive Arabica is generally more expensive than other coffee beans

3. Under different planting conditions, it is best to plant in high altitude areas, with lower temperature and lower yield. It has a stronger taste, elegant mellow and acidity; about 1% caffeine (by weight) is expensive: other coffee beans are usually grown at lower elevations and higher temperatures, resulting in higher yields. Lighter taste, about 2% caffeine, lower price