Coffea arabica

Two species of coffee plants, Coffea arabica and C. canephora, supply almost all of the world’s consumption. Arabica is considered a milder and more flavourful and aromatic brew than Robusta, the main variety of C. canephora. The flatter and more elongated Arabica bean is more widespread than Robusta but more…

…the vulnerable Arabica plants (C. arabica). One resistant variety, Lempira, was widely planted in Honduras but lost its resistance to the disease in 2017, resulting in crop losses in that country. No resistant varieties have shown to be impervious to all races of the fungus.

The Arabica species of coffee (C. arabica) is cultivated mostly in Latin America, while the Robusta variety of C. canephora predominates in Africa. Arabica is considered a milder, more flavorful and aromatic brew than Robusta, though the latter is a hardier plant and is thus cheaper…

… (Eugenia uniflora), Arabian coffee (Coffea arabica), lantana (Lantana camara), and the ice cream bean (Inga edulis) are all invasive species that were brought as food or ornamental plants and escaped cultivation.

…high-quality coffee of the species Coffea arabica, still grown in the Yemen Highlands and formerly exported through the town.

…northern highlands are coffee (Coffea arabica) and khat (qāt; Catha edulis). The coffee trade, which began in the 16th century, was originally based on Yemeni coffee, and, for centuries, coffee was the most important and renowned export of Yemen. The port city of Mocha—from which a distinctive style of…