There are nearly 120 different varieties of coffee plants, but arabica and robusta are the only two that can be harvested for their beans. Here's a closer look at what makes them different, and ...

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 ...

Comes from the plant coffea arabica Tends to be more acidic with a sweeter, fruitier flavor profile More popular than robusta, makes up 60% of the coffee consumed in the U.S.

The depth of flavor in the coffea arabica species is what makes it the prime choice for major coffee brands. Coffee corporations like Starbucks and Dunkin' source only arabica beans, ...

Arabica coffee is the most economically important coffee globally and accounts for 60% of coffee products worldwide. But the plants it hails from are vulnerable to a disease that, in the 1800s ...

Coffea arabica cherries growing on the bush. Credit: Pramote Polyamate/Getty. Even if a single-origin Colombian coffee bean harvest was roasted and ground in the same way as a batch from Ethiopia ...

Comes from the plant coffea arabica Tends to be more acidic with a sweeter, fruitier flavor profile More popular than robusta, makes up 60% of the coffee consumed in the U.S.