Why Batch Coffee Club Chose Routes TL;DR: Routes Coffee has been featured a couple of times in Batch Coffee Club, a UK coffee subscription that tastes samples from roasters across the country and picks just two coffees for each box. For us, it’s independent...
TL;DR The coffee family tree begins with the genus Coffea, which contains 120 to 130 species. Of these, only four matter commercially: Arabica, Robusta (Canephora), Liberica, and Eugenioides. Arabica itself is a hybrid of Robusta and Eugenioides, born tens of...
What Is Liberica Coffee? TL;DR Liberica (Coffea liberica) is the third commercial coffee species, after Arabica and Robusta. It produces the largest beans in commercial coffee, with an asymmetrical, irregular shape quite unlike the uniform oval of Arabica or the round...
What Is Eugenioides Coffee? TL;DR Eugenioides (Coffea eugenioides) is a rare coffee species native to the highlands of East Africa. It is one of the two parent species of Arabica: tens of thousands of years ago, Eugenioides crossed with Coffea canephora (Robusta) in...
What Is Robusta Coffee? TL;DR Robusta (properly Coffea canephora) is a coffee species that produces approximately 40 percent of the world’s coffee. It grows at lower altitudes, tolerates warmer temperatures, resists disease more effectively, and contains roughly...
