How Does Grafting Arabica to Robusta Improve Coffee Yields?
Coffee 101: A VIDEO Guide to Arabica & Robusta
It used to be that the Arabica vs Robusta debate was simple: Arabica good, Robusta bad. But now and then, you’ll hear someone make the case for re-evaluating Robusta. So if you’ ...
Coffee Plant Species: Arabica vs Specialty Robusta
Coffee’s rich history has fascinated many. With third wave coffee, enthusiasts want to know about every step of its creation: the farmers that manage the plantations, the workers that harvest and p ...
Exploring The Connection Between Canephora & Robusta
For most people in the coffee industry, robusta is viewed as an inferior coffee. The general belief is that robusta beans produce a worse cup of coffee with a less desirable flavour profile. It is ch ...
“100% Arabica”: What Does It Mean?
Choosing a coffee can be overwhelming if you’re unfamiliar with the terms used on packaging. A common label you’ll see is the claim that the coffee is “100% arabica”. But what does this mean? ...
Inside Brazil’s Specialty Robusta Scene
Specialty coffee is usually associated with Arabica coffee beans, and Robusta coffee beans are usually associated with commercial coffee, instant coffee, or blends. While Arabica is known for p ...
Can Fine Robusta Be Considered Quality Coffee?
Is Arabica the only species of coffee that can be considered quality? Does Robusta always have to be bad? Robusta accounts for around 40% of global coffee production. It grows more quickly than Arabi ...
Fine Robusta & New Markets: Exploring Ghana’s Coffee Industry
Have you seen Ghanaian coffee listed on your local coffee shop’s menu? Probably not. While other African countries, including Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania, have gained respected places in the worl ...
Vietnamese Coffee & The Path Towards High-Quality Arabica
You might not know it, but Vietnam is a coffee giant. The question is: with only Brazil exceeding it in production, why is Vietnam so rarely thought of as such? Because Vietnam’s coffee industry ha ...
Insider Perspective: Why The World Needs The Robusta Gold Cup
Specialty Robusta is here, it’s being celebrated, and it’s what coffee needs. In July 2016, the first ever Taza Dorada Robusta, or Robusta Gold Cup, was held in the Ecuadorian Amazon. The equival ...
At-Risk Arabica: Why Aren’t Researchers Looking to Ethiopia?
It’s a bleak picture: a world in which Arabica is at risk of dying out, due to its astonishing 98.8% genetic similarity. It’s a level at which you could expect all the world’s Arabica to have d ...
The Price of Climate Change on Ethiopia: Extinction of Wild Arabica
Most Ethiopian mornings begin with the same, time-honored tradition. Charcoal is gathered in the fire pit and then a flame is lit and fanned. Next a black clay jebena, or long-necked coffee pot, is f ...
Tasting “Forgotten” Wild Coffee Species: An Experiment
Across the world, millions of farmers earn an income from coffee production. Between 2016 and 2020, global coffee consumption rose by 158.77 million 60kg bags to reach a total of 167.59 million. Howe ...
Exploring Yield & Profitability For Coffee Farmers
Farm productivity is something we often discuss in the coffee sector. Price fluctuations and difficulties with pests and diseases mean that low productivity levels are a major issue for coffee farmer ...
Exploring Coffee Consumption In Uganda
In 2019, Uganda was the eighth-largest coffee producer in the world, ahead of Guatemala (10th), Nicaragua (12th), and Kenya (16th). Coffee is the country’s top-earning export crop; and though Ugand ...
