Coffee beans comes from many and different species of coffee plants. Coffea Arabica is the most common variety because it makes up at least 75 percent of the world’s coffee trade. Another type is the Coffea Canephora, popularly known as the robusta coffee.
Compared to Arabica, this coffee is less refined and cheaper but it takes 20 percent of the coffee trade. These types of coffee beans can be subcategorized according to the location and how the coffee beans were roasted.
Over the others, the coffee that came from the traditional Coffea Arabica plant is considered to have the best quality. Even if the cultivation and harvesting of this plant is quite expensive and the fact that it only grows on warm temperatures and high altitudes, there are many who are interested in growing this plant because of the sweet aromatic coffee it produces.
The second type of coffee bean is easier to cultivate and therefore it is very affordable, the Coffea Canephora. It is however bitterer because of its high caffeine content. Robusta is grown at low altitudes and humid climates.
As mentioned above both types of coffee beans have sub-varieties. They are distinguished from their places of origins. The factors that affect the production of a good coffee relies on the quality of the soil the plant was planted to the way the beans are processed.
Coffee blends are the name for the combination of the two types of coffee beans. The best way of cutting costs but retaining the luxurious and chocolaty quality of the coffee is by blending them. Robusta beans are utilized as filler rather than serving pure Arabica beans. The trick that balances the flavors of defective coffee beans is blending different types of coffee beans.
The roasting method also considerably impact the flavor of a product of the two types of coffee beans. The process of roasting accentuates the flavor and aroma of the coffee beans. The results of roasting can be from the middle of the road coffee produced by American brands to the familiar espresso, which the beans are roasted to the brink of burning. Espressos boast its rich aroma and oily surface, especially when brewed as it contains a very appetizing flavor.
Over the time of history, there are a thousands ways to enjoy the different types of coffee beans.
