Robusta coffee : The café robusta comes from the robusta coffee tree (Botanical name: Coffea canephora) which is a shrub family of Rubiaceae.
Description of robusta coffee: “Robusta” (Coffea canephora) is native to Africa, where it exists in the spontaneous state ofUganda , Guinea. It requires less maintenance than the Coffea arabica and is therefore cheaper to produce. It also contains more caffeine that thearabica : from 1,7% to 4%, against 0,8% to 1,4%.
Robusta coffee production: Robusta now represents 35% of world production, compared to 25% in the 19802sXNUMX. The main producers today are the Vietnam (18 million 60 kg bags in 2008), the Brazil (11 million bags) and to a lesser extent Indonesia (6 million bags), these three countries representing between them 75% of world robusta production. Vietnam has the particularity of being a newcomer in coffee production and of producing practically only robusta.
Robusta Coffee Uses : Grains ofarabica are considered superior, which means that robusta sees its use limited to low-end coffee, often to increase its volume. It is also used in the instant coffee and in mixtures for All espresso brewing methods, so that its characteristic foam, the crema, can form.
In France, robustas represented around 30% of green coffee imports in 2008.
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