Arabica Coffee

Arabica coffee is a type of coffee plant (the scientific name is coffea arabica). In fact, 60% of the sweet, fragrant coffee we drink comes from the fruit of the arabica plant; the remaining 40% of coffee is a different species, coffea canephora, commonly known as robusta, which is less sweet. Vince Nguyen, founder and CEO of Nam Coffee, which sells both arabica and robusta coffee, explains that arabica coffee’s sweeter, fruitier flavor is prized by consumers, which makes it the most common coffee. Within the arabica coffee family, there can be tremendous variation in flavor, depending on where the coffee is grown. Soil and altitude also affect the flavor.