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"Bun" is the earliest term in human history to describe the characteristics of coffee, and it is also the earliest name for coffee. Ethiopia still calls coffee "Buna". The main origin of "Buna" in Ethiopia comes from the Kafa forest in the southwest, and some scholars and experts believe that Kaffa is the semantic source of the later Coffee. Coffee is native to Africa.

A rare coffee species with four sets of chromosomes

Specifically, the scientific rank of Arabica is: plant kingdom-quilt flowering gate-quilt flowering phylum-dicotyledonous class-gentian order-Rubiaceae-coffee genus-true coffee subgenus-red fruit coffee group-Arabica species.

Arabica is the most special of the 103 species in the genus Coffee. The only tetraploid plant (with four sets of chromosomes) and self-pollination has the advantage of low caffeine, delicate and clean taste spectrum, and the other 102 coffee species are diploid (with two sets of chromosomes). And cross-pollination. So Arabica is a precious species in the genus Coffee.

Arabica variety family: Ethiopian native species, Typica, Bourbon, Kaddura (Catura), Pacas (Pacas), Vera Saatchi (Villa Sarchi), elephant bean (Maragogype), Pakamara (Pacamara), New World (Mundo Novo), Kaduai (Catuai), Rosa (Geisha), Timor (Timor), Katim (Catimor)

But there has been a major breakthrough in genetic research. Scientists believe that Eugene Odie is the mother of Arabica, while Robusta is likely to be the father of Arabica.

Arabica, which is native to Ethiopia in Africa, is the main source of boutique coffee with outstanding fruit flavor and delicate taste, and its caffeine content is only 0.9% of coffee weight. It has the highest quality and value. It is now the main species in the consumption market of drinking coffee, and accounts for about 70% of global production and sales.

The second coffee species, known as Robusta, is from Central and West Africa and accounts for about 30% of the world's production and sales.

Second only to Arabica, Robusta's flavor shows that it has a heavy bitter taste, a simple taste, and a high caffeine content, accounting for 1.8% of the weight of coffee beans, accounting for 4.2% of the coffee bean weight. in the early days, it was a low-price market that mainly supplied instant, three-in-one or canned coffee.

If you have seen two kinds of beans, you can clearly see the difference. Luodou is obviously larger than Arabica, Luodou is round, the middle line is straight, the whole bean body is very round, Arabica midline S-shaped, the flat side will be flat.

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