Types of Coffee Beans

• Robusta is one among main types of coffee beans. Robusta coffee is very suitable to the soil and weather condition of Vietnam, especially the Central Highland with basalt soil. It is the most popular coffee grown in Vietnam and accounts for 90% the total area as well as the annual productivity. Robusta coffee beans are featured with intense flavour, high caffeine, strong fragrance, and non-sour. It fits for Vietnamese’s taste but not a favourite coffee for foreigners

• Culi is a type of Arabica has longer and bigger bean than Robusta’s. Its cherry has oval shape, containing 2 flat seeds. The cherry with one bean inside is called Peaberry (or Culi in Vietnamese) which offers a very special aroma and super dark water.

• Moka coffee is the best coffee beans in Arabica line with very charming and pleasant smell. It has very light sour flavour which is loved by foreign drinkers. Its price is quite high.

• Cherry coffee beans is very famous for its strong sourness. It is not as popular coffee as Robusta and Arabica. Its beans are very shining and have very pretty golden colour. When brewing, it has light flavour and a fragrance of cherry. This type of coffee is suitable with women by its great combination of idyllic flavour and elegant feeling.

- Arabica-Robusta is also called Arabusta. It is blended (or hybrid of) between two main types of coffee beans – Arabica vs Robusta. Arabusta brings a perfect flavour extracting the best features of both Robusta and Arabica. It means this coffee has the intensive bitterness of Robusta and charming aroma of Arabica.

- Robusta – Culi coffee beans: This combination provides a very strong content, darker in color and strengthens the bitterness. It is a perfect coffee for coffeeholic that prefers intense flavor. The robusta culi coffee beans have strong bitterness, fair aroma, high caffeine content and super dark color of water.

- Robusta – Culi coffee beans: This combination provides a very strong content, darker in colour and strengthens the bitterness. It is a perfect coffee for coffeeholic that prefers intense flavour. The robusta-culi coffee beans have strong bitterness, fair.

(Searched and translated by Tammy)