Blends contain beans from at least two regions ... Arabica and robusta are the two main types of beans for all coffee. Robusta beans are less expensive and easier to grow. Arabica beans tend ...

However, they can (as the name suggests) add some robust notes to coffee blends and quality robusta beans often taste better than low-quality arabica ones. Still, we recommend opting for arabica ...

Robusta is typically used to make instant coffee but it has also been increasingly added to roast coffee blends dominated by arabica. Vietnam's coffee exports in June were just 70,202 tons ...

driving up costs for consumers and pushing roasters to add lower-cost beans to their blends. Prices for both robusta beans, used in instant coffee, and the higher-quality arabica variety have ...

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