Arabica and Robusta coffee beans versus Arabica and Robusta coffee flavors

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You will often encounter coffee farmers and producers boasting that their products are "100% Arabica coffee". Even if it doesn't make any sense to you personally, you may know that the "Arabica Coffee" label is seen as a distinctive symbol.

By contrast, you rarely, if any, come across a product that boldly declares to the world that 100% robusta coffee is a symbol of honor. Especially in gourmet circles, Arabica coffee is considered the gold standard.

But what's the difference between these two different coffee beans? As the most popular and easily available coffee beans in the world, is there any obvious difference between Arabica coffee and Robusta coffee?

From a scientific point of view, Arabica and Robusta coffee trees are completely different species. Therefore, they have very different properties, internal and external.

From the point of view of daily coffee lovers, there are also important differences between Arabica coffee and Robusta coffee. So, if you want to know why one of the coffee beans is more popular than the other, here are the differences and reasons between robusta and Arabica:

First of all, Arabica coffee beans usually contain much less caffeine than Robusta. This is not necessarily a good thing or a bad thing, but a fact. The typical caffeine content of robusta coffee is about 2.7% and that of Arabica coffee is about 1.5%.

Even if you are not a coffee connoisseur, you can appreciate the difference in aroma and taste between Arabica coffee beans and Robusta coffee beans. Generally speaking, it is recognized that high-quality Arabica coffee is ahead of Robsta in taste and flavor. In other words, some people really prefer the taste of robusta coffee beans, so there is no "right" or "wrong" view on this issue.

The vast majority of the world's supermarket coffee is made from Robusta beans. This is because a typical bag of high-quality robusta coffee beans is about 50% cheaper than its Arabica counterparts. Because Robusta coffee is a much cheaper commodity, it has entered the market for most regular and low-cost coffee.

Robusta coffee is largely cheaper than Arabica coffee for a simple reason: there is too much robusta coffee on the market. It is a commodity that is easier to grow and produce, so it is easier to get, so it is naturally considered to be less exclusive and desirable.

This is not to say, however, that a cup of gourmet coffee made from the world's best robusta beans cannot be tastier than an ordinary cup of low-quality Arabica coffee. It's all the time, care and attention to enter the planting and production process-not just the type of coffee beans that are being produced.

If you are still confused about the difference between robusta coffee and Arabica coffee, there is an easy way to sort things out. As long as you prepare a few bags of high-quality coffee beans for yourself, you can have a DIY comparison studio!

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