There are nearly 120 different varieties of coffee plants, but arabica and robusta are the only two that can be harvested for ...

Robusta coffee production has been increasingly closing the gap, surging by about 30%. The new research evaluated both Robusta and Arabica across multiple traits in high-altitude regions in Brazil ...

The lower altitude translates to lower acidity ... Unlike Brazil, which produces primarily arabica, Vietnamese coffee is nearly entirely of robusta variety. Given this species' reputation for ...

Arabica coffee harvest is starting with mixed sentiment as ground operations confirm forecasts of a smaller crop during a so-called off year, while bean size shows improvement, industry experts told ...

Silvio Almeida’s coffee plantation sits at an ideal altitude on a Brazilian hillside ... we’ve already seen the price of arabica coffee in New York and robusta (coffee) in Europe trading ...

May arabica coffee (KCK25) Thursday closed up +1.10 (+0.28%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK25) closed down -30 (-0.548%). Coffee prices Thursday settled mixed, with arabica climbing to a 2-week ...

Coffee insiders often say that when Brazil sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold – a reference to its status as the number one producer of Arabica, the premium coffee variety that makes ...

The premium that arabica coffee commands over cheaper robusta is near the highest since late 2011 on increasing concerns over poor supplies of the more expensive variety preferred by specialty ...