![]() Roughly three percent of commercially available specialty coffee is organic. The short version is that organic coffee is free from the roughly one hundred fifty impurities that can routinely be found in regular coffee grown by regular means. So what is organic coffee? The organic label means that the coffee you are drinking was grown, processed, and stored according to sustainable agricultural practices and not mixed with coffee that does not meet this standard. The pinnacle of the coffee world is organic coffee. It is less prone to such variations in crop yield and thus less prone to such Because Robusta can grow and produce in dryer conditions ![]() The price of Arabica falls and when they have drought and production falls the You can walk into coffee cooperative office in the heart of the ColombianĬoffee triangle and see a TV screen with up-to-the-minute price quotes inĭollars and conversions to Colombian pesos. Coffee is priced in dollars and is quoted on the New York MercantileĮxchange. This problem is often compounded by exchange Great year with ideal weather, no new crop diseases, and, thus, a bumper crop, Where coffee grows best is the same for farmers everywhere. ![]() The eternal problem for coffee farmers in the mountains The Market Determines the Price of Coffee This makes Robusta cheaper to grow and maintain so the coffee farmerĬan sell at a lower price than Arabica and still make a profit. Lower elevations and is not prone to having whole fields wiped out by plantĭisease. To coffee leaf rust and many other coffee plant diseases. Fortunately for Robusta coffee, it is resistant Has driven Arabica production higher into the mountains also thus reducing Climate change with progressively higher temperatures Resistant strains and growing Arabica only at higher elevations where it isĬooler have helped Arabica production recover but made Arabica more expensive Arabica vs Robusta Coffee Prices How Plant Diseases Like Leaf Rust Affect Coffee Pricesĭeveloping newer varieties of Arabica that are cross bred from Over the years spreading across the East Indies to Africa and in about 1950 toīrazil from where it spread bit by bit up through Colombia and into CentralĪmerica and Mexico. Coffee leaf rust has wiped out vast areas of coffee production Much of the British public to become tea drinkers instead of coffee drinkers. Until the middle of the 19 th century until a fungal disease killedĪll of the coffee plants which was when they switched to growing tea forcing ![]() The British grew coffee on the island of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) Coffee Leaf Rust and Other Coffee Diseases This is assuming that both plants remain healthy and produce year after Plant routinely outproduces an Arabica plant by about thirty to forty percent Keep producing for up to fifty years or even more. Both will typically keep producingĬoffee beans for twenty-five to thirty years and then taper off but potentially Market for better tasting coffee or is there more to the story? Coffee Harvest for Arabica vs Robustaīoth Arabica and Robusta coffee plants take three to four yearsįrom when they are planted until they bear fruit. So, why is Arabica coffee expensive? Is it all about the House coffee is more expensive is that they use Arabica coffee beans from places like the ColombianĬoffee triangle. Those who only want enough caffeine to stay awake, RobustaĬoffee is cheaper and has a higher caffeine content. Looking for the excellent aroma and taste that comes with an Arabica coffee. With their meal, some folks are only interested in the caffeine and others are When they buy coffee at the market or order a cup of Java ![]()
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