Introduction to the quality characteristics of Arabica Coffee Flavor description treatment

Arabica Coffee Flavor Description Processing Quality Characteristics Production Area Grinding Scale Introduction

Fine Arabica coffee requires a complex process of hand picking, selection and careful processing, so the most expensive and best coffee beans in the world are Arabica coffee. Robusta coffee is usually used to make instant coffee and canned coffee because of its low cost. A few of the better quality "Robusta" coffees are also used in blends to make espresso beans (mixed with Arabica coffee).

other differences

There is also an important difference: the amount of caffeine (C8H10N4O2). Robusta coffee contains about twice as much caffeine as Arabica coffee, which is why drinking some canned coffee can cause palpitations and insomnia.

After reading so much about the difference between Arabica coffee and Robusta coffee, I must finally emphasize:

"Arabica coffee" is not "good coffee" and "Robusta" is not cheap coffee!

Arabica coffee accounts for 75 percent of the world's coffee production, and quality varies widely, from good to bad. In recent years, a few countries (such as India) have made efforts to improve the quality of Robusta coffee. They grow Robusta coffee at high altitude, apply the most careful care and fine washing treatment, and the result is very excellent quality Robusta coffee beans! Top Robusta beans are not cheap either, get rid of the old impression that Robusta is all cheap beans! So the quality of coffee beans can no longer be judged by the crude and outdated old standard of "Arabica beans."

bourbon

Bourbon is an ancient fine variety that is juxtaposed with iron pickups, and some botanists believe that Bourbon is a variant of early iron pickups transplanted to Yemen.

Bourbon is almost entirely round beans, a little smaller than iron pickup, ripening later, but yielding 30% more than iron pickup. It is suitable for growing at altitudes above 1200 meters, and the flavor is obviously more prominent than that below 1000 meters. However, Bourbon has a disadvantage that it ends up resting for a year. Round bourbon is vigorous, resistant to rust leaf disease is better than iron pickup, but the flavor is not inferior to it, or even better.

In 1810, Bourbon Island's round beans were partially mutated into pointed beans. This is the famous "pointed bourbon". Its characteristics are that the caffeine content is only half, the output is small, and the constitution is weak. It is extremely rare, just like a weak aristocratic youth.

In addition, the biggest common point between iron pickup truck and bourbon is that they both need shade tree protection. If there is no shade tree to help them block the sun, it will not only be detrimental to their growth, but also greatly reduce the flavor of coffee beans produced.