If you often drink coffee, do you know the most comprehensive varieties of coffee beans?

Whether you are learning about Italian coffee or specialty coffee, you need to understand and know the varieties of coffee beans.

There are seven or eight major coffee varieties in the world, but only Arabica, Robusta and Liberica are commonly consumed.

The useful information I want to share with you today is the comparison between these three coffee bean varieties, so that you can understand the differences between coffee bean varieties more intuitively and clearly. These will also be discussed in detail in the introduction.

Differences between coffee bean varieties:

1. Identification Points

1. Arabica

2. Robusta

3. Liberica

2. Cultivation height

1. 900-2000m slope

2. 200-600m slope

3. Slopes below 200 meters

3. Adapt to the climate

1. Stable temperature and rainfall in tropical climate

2. High temperature resistance; adaptable to rainy, dry and hot climates

3. High and low temperature resistance; adaptable to rainy, dry and hot climates

4. Taste characteristics

1. Pleasant aroma, rich taste

2. The aroma is weak and has a bitter taste

3. The smell is bland and the bitterness is strong

5. Application

1. Single origin coffee, high quality coffee

2. Blended coffee, three-in-one instant coffee, canned coffee

3. Drinks produced by local residents are rarely exported

6. Coffee Bean Appearance

1. Oblong, flat

2. Short oval

3. Slightly rhombus-shaped oval

7. Tree species characteristics

1. Poor environmental adaptability, requires more manual care, and is expensive

2. Strong environmental adaptability, low production cost and low price

3. Strong disease resistance and environmental adaptability

8. Distribution

1. Central and South America, East Africa, Southeast Asia, Hawaii, etc.

2. Africa (Central and Western), Indonesia, Philippines

3. West Africa and South America, Indonesia, Philippines