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The 4 Coffee Bean Types, Explained

While coffee drinks have enormous variety, there are only four core varieties of the bean itself. These are the ones to know ...
Of the 130-plus types of coffee beans out there, only four are commonly used or commercially grown, and between those four, ...
Your morning coffee connects you to a worldwide network of farmers, processors, roasters, and baristas who work tirelessly to bring you that perfect cup. From the misty mountains of Ethiopia to the ...
Coffee is the most consumed beverage in America (and third-most in the world), yet it is poorly understood. UC Davis researchers across the sciences and humanities disciplines are demystifying the ...
I have a kind of reverence for the coffee bean. Nearly every family trip we went on when I was a kid was spent flying across the planet from Boston to Rio de Janeiro, where almost my entire extended ...
GREENSBORO, N.C. — You know the Starbucks name, but have you seen the one coffee farm the company owns? It’s in Costa Rica. The Hacienda Alsacia Farm has been in existence since 1970. Starbucks bought ...
A worker sorts coffee beans at the Lamastus Family Estate farm in Boquete, a region known the world over for its coffee varieties. Mauricio Valenzuela/picture alliance via Getty Images The top of ...
Coffee is the most consumed beverage in America (and third-most in the world), yet it is poorly understood. UC Davis researchers across the sciences and humanities disciplines are demystifying the ...
High U.S. retail coffee prices have been driven mostly by last year’s coffee bean supply shortages, which spurred a doubling in raw bean prices in the 12 months leading up to March.