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Robusta is stronger and more resistant to pests and diseases, and has a higher yield than arabica p

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Originally Arabica philips senseo coffee (Coffea arabica) comes from the Ethiopian Massif, probably originating from Yemen. Not roasted arabica beans have a round shape and often taper. They have a yellowish to green / blue-gray color. From Yemen, the species was spread to the Arab countries. Have the plant on Java introduced in 1690 and Dutch in 1699. A thriving Arabica plant was at the Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam transferred around 1708. From Java later there was the plant kept and bred. The former mayor of Amsterdam sent in 1715 descendants of the original philips senseo plant to King Louis XIV in Paris. Were also sent there in 1718 plants from Amsterdam to Suriname from where they were distributed to French Guiana. By the French in 1722 From French Guiana redistribution took place in 1727 in Brazil. Came around 1720 descendants of the Paris plant up in Martinique and later in 1730 in Jamaica. Arabica coffee is spread further from these introductions to the Caribbean, Central America and South America.
At the end of the seventeenth century, the Arabica coffee was also introduced in India and Ceylon. Amsterdam descendants of the plant came in 1740 in the Philippines in 1825 and end in Hawaii right. The French then took the plant to their African philips senseo colonies. Also, through the Edinburgse Botanical Garden in 1878 a descendant of the Amsterdam plant arrived in Nyasaland, from where they were distributed to Uganda. Further 1900 Today, Brazil and Colombia, the main producers of Arabica coffee, in addition to Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and Costa Rica. Robusta coffee
Robusta coffee (Coffea canephora, synonym: Coffea robusta) is native to the highlands of Africa near the equator, between 10 North and South latitude, from the West Coast to Uganda. In a natural growth of the plant forms a small tree. For the cultivation of beans, however, strongly pruned to get and keep. Plant more in a shrubby Not roasted robusta beans are rounder and smaller but heavier than Arabica beans and have a brownish green color.
Robusta is stronger and more resistant to pests and diseases, and has a higher yield than arabica plants. Robusta makes up less than 30% of world production. This coffee is widely used for making coffee powder. The beans contain about, 2 - 2.5% caffeine, 70% more than arabica. The Baganda and other Ugandan tribes grew this coffee long before the discovery by European explorers and used the beans to chew. The berries were also cooked and dried. In addition, the two seeds from a berry used for the ceremony of blood brotherhood.
In 1900 Lucien Linden (1851-1940) sent from Brussels 150 plants to Java. Since the plants were growing very well and quickly expanded the coffee growing out strongly in Java with the Robusta plant. Since 1900 the Robusta coffee spread around the world; major growing areas are now in tropical Africa, Asia and South America. Major production areas are Vietnam, Brazil, Ivory Coast, Angola, Uganda, Congo, Madagascar and Indonesia.
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