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 ...

Liberica is indigenous across much of Central and West Africa and was planted in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia in the late 19th century when Arabica plants were succumbing to coffee leaf rust ...

Other coffee varieties, like robusta and liberica, hold up better than arabica in these difficult conditions. But coffee makers tend to avoid these varieties because consumers like how arabica ...

While Arabica and robusta are the two widely cultivated species of coffee, more than 100 species grow in the wild. One Liberica variety has been farmed in Southeast Asia for a century.

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, ...

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, ...