Robusta kahvilajike

Robusta Green Coffee

88,30 € – 353,00 €

The product is an unroasted green coffee bean for home coffee roasters. Two varieties of robusta are available: an organic natural robusta grown by the Kerala tribal people and a Pulped Sun Dried (Honey) robusta from Dewadanam farm in Karnataka.

Robusta is a good addition to espresso blends, and in our own roastery we have also used it successfully as an accompaniment to pan coffee or mocha coffee. There is even a bit of a robusta boom going on around the world and 100% robusta coffee products are available for caffeine craving coffee drinkers. In milk coffees, 100% robusta is an experience that appeals to some coffee drinkers. In addition, the Vietnamese and Indonesian coffee culture, for example, has also spread a little to Finland. There, 100% robusta is commonly used and their tradition also includes adding condensed, highly sugary milk to the cup while it is still warm. Or just a lot of sugar and milk. So we recommend this as a starting point for milky coffees with an espresso base.

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Variety & Processing

Robusta Honey (PSD)

Origin

1000-1100 m, Karnataka, India

Price breakdown

Farmer's/producer's cost: 38 %, country of origin's export costs: 7,8%, import costs: 12 %, transportation: 6%, storage: 6%, supplier's margin: 16,2%, local taxes: 14%

The Robusta variety contains twice the amount of caffeine, which gives a good kick especially to milky coffee drinks, and creates a creamy espresso. It is also my experience as a barista that a dark roasted robusta espresso shot makes latte art easier because of the strong contrast. Also, as a dark roast it works well with dark roast Arabica. Often, it is not worth roasting a good quality Arabica very dark, because then you lose all the valuable aroma that is behind the roast in a good quality coffee. In this case, robusta is a good addition to bring that very dark, even Viennese roast aroma to coffee blends.

A good quality robusta has a good aroma, although not comparable to an Arabica variety, and when processed with natural or psd (honey) it is also an ecological coffee bean. In addition, robusta does not require the use of fertilisers or pesticides like arabica, making it part of the coffee of the future and an ecologically sustainable choice.