The Arabian Peninsula The cultivation and trade of coffee began on the Arabian Peninsula from where it traveled to the East. By the 15th century, coffee was being grown in the Yemeni district of Arabia owing to the favorable climate and soils. It was introduced to Sri Lanka by Muslim traders and travelers in 1505. Fertile coffee beans, the berries with […]
One may think the only varieties of coffee around the world are just Arabica and Robusta, but certainly not! However, Coffea Arabica, known as Arabica coffee and Coffea canephora, known as Robusta coffee are the two main species of coffee that are cultivated today. Arabica accounts for 75-80 percent while Robusta accounts for about 20 percent and […]
Coffee is the third most consumed beverage across the world after water and tea. It is cultivated in at least 70 countries and remains one of the most traded commodities worldwide. People brew the beverage from roasted ground beans of a tropical evergreen shrub and mostly enjoy it hot or iced during summer. But have […]
