Are coffee beans beans?
What kind of plant is coffee?
Today, I read the book "You Don't Understand Coffee" by Tomohiro Ishiwaki in Shogo Shudo, and I really said the classification of coffee beans. Share it with you...
Coffee beans are roasted from the seeds of the fruit of the coffee tree.
Coffee trees belong to the coffee genus in the family Rubiaceae in the angiosperm phylum dicotyledonous plants. There are more than seventy species of trees in the genus Coffee, of which only Arabica and Canefra are mainly used for commercial purposes. Even the Canefra species of these two are not very familiar to many people. In fact, the Robusta species is only a branch of the Canevra species, because it is widely known, the Robusta species has gradually become synonymous with the Canefra species.
Arabica beans
Arabica species account for about 65% of the current coffee production value, there are many varieties such as tin pickup trucks and bourbons. Although the taste of this variety is widely praised, it also has the disadvantage of being susceptible to diseases. Mocha, Kilimanjaro, Blue Mountain, etc. are all brand-name varieties of Arabica coffee that consumers love very much (see Q72).
Botanical classification of coffee trees
The Canevra species account for about 35% of the current coffee production value, including Robusta species, Cornillon species and so on. It is characterized by a unique barley tea aroma and a relatively heavy bitter taste, while having strong disease resistance. In 1900, the Arabica species suffered a serious disease, and as a result, the Canefra species became widely popularized.
In addition to the above two varieties, there are also varieties such as The Liberica in Asia and West Africa, which account for only 1% to 2% of the current coffee output value.
Are the remaining sixty or so coffee trees completely unavailable for commercial use? At this stage, we cannot yet give a clear answer. In recent years, various biotechnologies have developed by leaps and bounds, and I believe that in the near future, other varieties of coffee trees will also be able to have more commercial uses.
After reading the above sharing, do you have some insights into coffee beans? Collect it! Welcome more coffee lovers to share their coffee knowledge.
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