What do you mean by 100% Arabica coffee beans? Differences between Arabica and Robusta Coffee varieties

I believe everyone will notice some coffee slogans, ". 100% Arabica coffee beans. " . What does that mean?

Arabica coffee, that is, small-grain coffee, is what we think tastes better at present. Because of its excellent flavor, it has been selected and widely planted by human beings. Arabica itself grows in a demanding environment (high altitude), and its yield per plant is not as high as that of other coffee species, thanks to human buff, which now accounts for 70% of the world's total coffee production. So to put it this way, this ". 100% Arabica coffee beans. " It's good coffee. But when you think about it, why do these slogans highlight "100%"? it's obvious that there is another coffee bean that doesn't taste very good: Robusta.

Robusta, in fact, is actually a medium-grain coffee, exactly speaking, because only one species of Canefra called Robusta is suitable for commercial cultivation. Later, it was also called this medium-grain coffee directly by Robusta. However, if it is strictly classified, the Arabica species should correspond to the Canefa species. Robusta's taste is not as pleasant as Arabica, it is bitter, strong, and with some wood, mugi-cha flavor, the only advantage in the sense is that the taste is very thick, very textured. People still choose it because it has the ability of "savage growth".

Robusta's vitality is very tenacious, the adaptability to the environment is also very strong. The most important thing is that the production is still high and contains more caffeine. Currently accounts for 25% of global coffee production. Most of these beans are used as raw materials for instant coffee, and a few of them appear as coffee blends or specialty coffee beans. So ". 100% Arabica coffee beans. " This sentence means that you don't have to go in without Robusta, so you don't have to worry about the bitterness of drinking Luodou. And this sentence does not represent the quality of coffee beans. If you have the experience of buying individual coffee beans, you will notice that the variety column on the label does not say Arabica or Robusta. But there are more nouns that I don't understand but think it's powerful, such as tin pickup, bourbon, Rosa, Kaddura, sl28. Although these do not understand but think that this is very powerful nouns, are the names of coffee varieties, all belong to the Arabica species. Most of the individual coffee beans you can find are Arabica coffee beans, so you rarely see individual coffee beans that emphasize that you are "100% Arabica". (emphasizing "100% Arabica" would be unthinkable! )

Of course, there will be obvious differences in flavor between Arabica varieties and Robusta varieties, and all-Arabica coffee will naturally be more delicious. But the varieties in Arabica are also different in flavor. These differences can be found in different varieties of coffee in the same producing area. And Arabica coffee is grown at a higher altitude, the better the flavor, in other words, planted in different elevations of Arabica, the difference in flavor performance will be obvious. The original meaning of "100% Arabica coffee beans" may be to express the use of high-quality coffee beans, which, if so, does not reflect high quality at all. For the general public, knowing that Arabica flavor is better than Robusta is far easier than learning more about various coffee varieties. So Qianjie concluded that in terms of the current market, the good coffee must be Arabica coffee beans, but Arabica coffee beans are not necessarily good coffee.