Types of Coffee

Regions: Note the Coffee Belt of the world.  This is the region coffee is grown, between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.  Following are summarized regions (Arabicas):
1.  North American – Mexico, Hawaii
2.  Central American – Costa Rica, Guatemala, Jamaica
3.  South American – Colombian, Brazil
4.  Indonesia – Java, Sumatra, Papua New Guinea
5.  Africa – Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
6.  Australia – entirely consumed by Australians.
7.  Also, India                           

Coffee Varieties: There are three basic species of coffee cultivated commercially:

• Arabica – this is the premium coffee of the world, producing the most complex flavors and aromas. They are more costly
  because they are more susceptible to destruction by disease and insects, and are often grown in difficult to harvest altitudes
  and locations (see the above summarized regions.)

• Robusta – a wide variety of species most often sold as the “canned coffees” we well know. It is much cheaper than Arabicas
  primarily due to its inferior, bitter characteristics (due to excessive caffeine content). Also because it is more plentiful, less
  susceptible to destruction or frost and it can be harvested simultaneously by machine on flatter lands

• Liberica – least heard of, it is grown in Malaysia and West Africa, in low demand because of poor flavor characteristics and
  small quantities produced.