Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hardy species of coffee, Coffea canephora, of western Africa, widely cultivated for its commercially valuable seeds, often considered inferior to arabica seeds.
- noun The beanlike seed of this plant.
- noun The coffee brewed from the seeds of this plant.
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- noun An
African coffee plant. - noun
Coffee made from the robustacoffee bean .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The countryside is now dotted with coffee boomtowns, where farmers call robusta "a miracle plant" that has transformed their lives.
Trouble Brewing 2007
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Vietnam has been rapidly challenging Indonesia's Initially planted along with Arabica trees by French missionaries in the middle of 19th century, the plantations that are small in size now produce robusta, which is one of the two major species.
Purpleocity.net 2009
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Since hitting a one-year low in mid-December, the price gap between arabica and robusta has widened by 14%, to $1.4446 a pound, due to the continued scarcity of arabica supply coupled with a strong harvest of robusta from Vietnam, the variety's top grower.
Coffee Roasters Rethink the Blend Neena Rai 2012
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Arabica coffee is viewed as the higher-quality cousin of robusta coffee, which is easier to grow.
High Coffee Prices May Not Be Enough to Increase Production Leslie Josephs 2011
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"Too much robusta can impact the quality and taste of coffee," Mr. Sette said.
Coffee Roasters Rethink the Blend Neena Rai 2012
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Companies can turn off customers if they add more robusta to their blends, said Christian Wolthers , president of Wolthers America, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based coffee brokerage that sells coffee from Brazil, Colombia and Central America to major roasters.
Coffee Roasters Rethink the Blend Neena Rai 2012
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Wood planks form the peaked ceiling and the floor is made of tightly fitted planks of darkly oiled eucalyptus robusta wood.
Poetry in the Palms Julia Flynn Siler 2011
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Uganda, Africa's largest robusta coffee grower, is on the verge of becoming an oil producer following the discovery of more than 2.5 billion barrels of oil along its western border with Congo.
Inflation Soars in Uganda Nicholas Bariyo 2011
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Elsewhere, protests spread in the Ugandan robusta coffee hub of Masaka and police clashed with hundreds of protesters who had blocked roads with logs, police spokesman Noah Serunjoji said.
Ugandans Riot After Opposition Leader's Arrest Nicholas Bariyo 2011
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Last year's surge in arabica prices prompted some roasters to substitute robusta beans in certain blends.
Coffee Roasters Rethink the Blend Neena Rai 2012
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