Types of Coffee Beans

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Have you ever heard someone saying that they cannot live without coffee or they love coffee more than they love their lives? All of that is funny, right? But think about it. Coffee deserves all the love. Not more than your life though. What I think is that,

I call it culture because different types of coffee beans in the world are associated with different types of cultures and regions. It is existing from the times when there were no coffee chains and no coffee hubs or cafés. In Arabia, coffee has been a breakfast staple for hundreds of years now. Another fact about coffee is that not all the land on Earth can produce coffee. It needs specific pH and soil composition to grow e.g. when the Dutch tried to grow coffee on Indian lands they terribly failed, primarily because the land was not suitable for the coffee production. Have you ever heard of kopi luwak? It is an extremely expensive coffee in the united states. One cup of kopi luwak is more than $80. Till now you must be thinking about what type of coffee beans are used to make this coffee. So, let me unveil the special ingredient for you i.e. civet poop. Disgusting! As we are on the topic of coffee and coffee beans let’s discuss them all.

Types of beans background

There are so many types of coffee beans that cannot be covered in one day that are region-specific, and we are going the most famous ones. And before discussing them you should know that all of these coffee beans are variants of Arabica, the most popular coffee bean.

Yemen

First of all, let us discuss Yemen Mocha coffee beans. Yemen Mocha is grown in Yemen near the red sea. If you want to taste natural, wild, and amazingly rich in flavor coffee, you need to try the winey mocha beans of Yemen. These beans have an acidic, musky, and earthy flavor. And it also gives a slight hint of chocolate. People love this coffee and sometimes it is mixed with Indonesian Java coffee. And the combination of both of the coffee beans turns out to be so good. The underlying flavor of Yemen mocha beans resembles cinnamon, cardamom, and tobacco. Yemen was the first country in the world to start growing the coffee plants in bulk. So, they are doing it for quite a long time now.

Etheopian

Then comes the Ethiopian Harrar coffee beans. The land where coffee was born. At that time, they were not producing that much coffee so Yemen took the plants of coffee from Ethiopia and started growing them in their region. Seems like Ethiopia is still not growing coffee that much on their grounds. Ethiopian Harrar is still very exotic. It is a perfectly dried, wild, bold, and fruity coffee. Like the Yemen mocha, its smell is quite deep, earthy, and fruity. Harrar has a hint of chocolate too so it is by nature a mocha drink. The Oromia people who grew and used the coffee for the first time in history love using Harrar even today.

Hawaii

Hawaii is the only state of America where the variant of Arabica can grow. The coffee that grows on Hawaiian land is called Hawaiian Kona coffee. As compared to the original Arabica, Kona is very light and delightful, and the flavor of Kona is not very strong too. The unique quality of Kona coffee is that it has a very beautiful balance of sweet and spicy. And another thing about Kona is that the beans of this coffee mature in a very limited period. So, that’s a good thing for the farmers because they can grow and sell Kona in a specific season again and again. When Kona has roasted the flavors of the coffee are enhances and then it becomes a premium high-grade coffee and the value of it doubles.

JAVA COFFEE BEANS

Unlike all the other coffee beans, Java coffee beans are wet. And it is not the software Java instead the name comes from an island in Indonesia called Java on which the coffee is grown. The history of java is quite problematic because the Dutch almost forced the people of java to grow the coffee on their lands after failing in India and they were successful, but it came with slavery, pain, and labor. This is not the only coffee grown on the lands of Indonesia instead there are so many others, but it is the most popular out of all of them. It is a very clean and poised variant of Arabica because it is not that rich, earthy, or spicy. So, people in Java prefer it more over the extremely rich Arabica.

NICARAGUAN COFFEE BEANS

As the name suggests, Nicaraguan coffee beans are grown in Nicaragua. In terms of acidity and richness, they are quite mild just like the coffee grown in central regions of the United States. A fun fact about Nicaragua is that it has some underlying flavors of chocolate, vanilla, and pie that makes it so exquisite. This coffee is not very popular but, in the future, it might blow out of proportion. But in the late 19^th century, this coffee was like a craze. The taste of this coffee is amazing and very fresh.

KENYA COFFEE BEANS

The production of Kenya coffee beans is quite slow because it is produced on very high and elevated lands in Kenya. Again, it is a variant of Arabica but unlike the original Arabica, it smells like flowers that make it very unique. No coffee other than Kenya coffee smells that flowery. It has a very rich and fresh taste. The acidity of these coffee beans is high, and it also has an underlying flavor of lemongrass. This coffee is not for everyone. Some people love it, and some don’t like it all. So, there is no in-between comment about it.

WHAT IS THE TASTIEST COFFEE OUT OF THESE VARIANTS?

There are some other variants as well, including Turaja, Mandheling, and Tanzania but these are some popular ones. The flavor of all these coffee beans depends on your taste and sensory organs. Because some people may like Java better than any other and for some Kenya’s coffee can be the best out of all. This listing is based on history, popularity, and culture. And by no means anybody can tell what people are liking the most. It is all about personal preference. Till now we were discussing the variants of Arabica but now, let’s cover the main categories of coffee beans. These are,

1. ARABICA

Arabica has been existing in this world for a couple of hundred years and is still able to hold the number one position in the coffee world somehow. More than 60% of the world’s coffee needs are fulfilled by these coffee beans. Though the caffeine factor in these is not that much the smell and delicious are higher than any other coffee in the world. The name ‘Arabica’ originated when the coffee plants were imported in Arabia from Ethiopia. This coffee has very sweet underlying flavors of fruits, chocolates, and dry nuts. Most of the café places that offer you a hundred different coffee drinks are Arabica. A few of them are a combination of Arabica and Robusta.

2. ROBUSTA

Robusta is the second most popular type of coffee and mostly it is mixed with Arabica. A classic Robusta has enormous amounts of caffeine and it is not for everyone. Some people also decaffeinate Robusta coffee beans. The flavor of a decaffeinated Robusta might get a little mild but the effects it has on the human body remain the same. The plants of Robusta are grown at a low height as compared to Arabica, so their production is faster than Arabica. Robusta covers almost the 30% coffee requirement of the world.

3. LIBERICA

Liberica covers 7% of the coffee needs of the world as it is not very popular as of now, and it might never get that popular in the future and the reason is that the tress of Liberica is extremely rare and chances are that they will get even rarer in future. The tress of Liberica is larger than any other coffee plants. The caffeine content of Liberica is low so the flavor is not very rich as well.

4. EXSELSA

Excelsa only covers 2-3% of the world’s coffee demand. This coffee is a variant of Liberica and is more of a flavor than a coffee because it is added in other coffee beans to give their original flavors a boost. You might think that the coffee is rare so it might not be effective but the health effects of Excelsa are not less than any other coffee in the world.

There is no competition when it comes to different foods and drinks. So, no coffee is better than the other. The flavors of this coffee are very region and process specific. So, my advice to you is to try them all and see for yourself what suits you the best.