How to distinguish the characteristics of Arabica coffee beans and how to distinguish roses from summer seeds

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Do you know what a geisha is like? How about bourbon? There are many kinds of coffee, but people don't always know the difference between them. Apart from the differences in taste and appearance, there are obvious physiological differences between these plants.

Some coffee trees are tall and thin, while others are short and dense. Coffee fruits may vary greatly in size and color. Read on to learn more about the characteristics of the six popular Arabica coffee varieties.

How to identify different kinds of coffee

There are hundreds of kinds of coffee, but about 70% of the world's coffee is Arabica coffee. Although Arabika is more fragile than Robusta, its taste and aroma appeal to most consumers. There are many varieties of Arabica, a small number of which are grown for specialty and commodity markets.

There are many reasons why producers choose to plant varieties, including yield, shape and local environmental conditions. It is important to identify coffee varieties in order to avoid mixing in large quantities during harvest and processing. If two or more parcels are merged, it may lead to confusing profiles and lower-than-standard cup scores.

To better understand how the most common varieties are physiologically different, I studied six different Arabica. This happened between the end of the harvest season and the beginning of flowers-- about two months-- on a farm in Poquet, Panama. These farms are between 1300 and 1800 meters per mile.

The characteristics contained in this paper are obtained through the analysis of specific plants. My research is a personal observation of a limited number of farms, not as a whole.

We use certain physical characteristics (also known as phenotypes) to identify plants. These include:

Build (tall or short)

Leaf tip color (green or bronze)

Plant shape (conical or round)

The shape of a leaf (elongated or wide)

The shape and size of cherries and green beans (elongated, round or other, small, medium, large or very large)

The color of cherries (red, yellow, orange, even pink)

Branch angle

Distance between branches (short or long)

The distance between the same branch node (short or long)

It is not necessary to use all these characteristics to identify a variety, because some varieties have a distinct feature.

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