Description

Robusta makes up around 30 percent of the global coffee crop, with Arabica making up the remaining 70 percent. Arabica is quite a delicate plant and it’s expensive to grow.

Robusta, on the other hand will grow at low altitudes in all sorts of climates, it is cold hardy, drought friendly, disease and pest resistant, yields bigger crops and is a lot easier and less expensive to cultivate.

Robusta also has around twice the caffeine content of Arabica and more of the chlorogene antioxidants responsible for many of coffee’s health benefits.