While there are nearly 120 different varieties of coffee plants, arabica and robusta are the only two that can be harvested for their beans. These two varieties couldn’t be more different ...

This variety can be grown at much lower altitudes (under 2,000 feet) than Arabica beans and is generally easier to grow ...

Although robusta is a more resilient plant that can be grown in more places, many companies are reluctant to give consumers beans with a different flavor, since coffee made with arabica beans is ...

That coffee you slurped this morning? It’s 600,000 years old. Using genes from coffee plants ... beans back to his homeland from Yemen, laying the foundation for coffee’s global takeover ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian coffee producers in the country's Cerrado Mineiro, a stronghold for growing Arabica beans, are ...

Researchers have traced the origins of arabica coffee, the world's most popular type. Using genes from coffee plants around the ... smuggled seven raw coffee beans back to his homeland from ...