Saturday, May 21, 2011

Coffee Robusta


Robusta coffee is the type of coffee that usually grow in the western part of Sumatra island. Robusta coffee has some differences with Arabica coffee that has been widely known in the world. Robusta coffee is best coffee will be fruitful and ready to harvest ranged in May until September each year. But there are also coffee robusta in certain regions that do not have the coffee harvest season like any other type or the usual crop of fruit every day that have been colored red.

Coffea canephora is often known as Robusta coffee. Coffea canephora tree height reaches 12 meters and can be planted in areas with lower than arabica coffee. Robusta coffee is typically used as instant coffee or fast food. Robusta coffee has a higher caffeine content, it seems more neutral, as well as a stronger coffee aroma. The content of caffeine in coffee robusta reaches 2.8% and has a chromosome number was 22 chromosomes. Robusta coffee production has reached a third of world coffee production.

Source: Robusta coffee and chenungkopiluwak

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