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Coffee Arabica Price:

Coffee Arabica Price is at a current level of 3.299, up from 3.157 last month and down from 3.787 one year ago. This is a change of 4.50% from last month and -12.87% from one year ago.

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Coffee Arabica Price Summary

• Last Value: 3.299
• Latest Period: Jul 2017
• Updated: Aug 3, 2017, 10:03 EDT
• Frequency: Monthly
• Unit: USD per Kilogram
• Adjustment: N/A
• Value Previously: 3.157
• Change From Previous: 4.50%
• Value One Year Ago: 3.787
• Change From One Year Ago: -12.87%
• First Period: Jan 1960
• First Value: 0.9409
• Notes: International Coffee Organization indicator price for mild Coffee Arabicas, average of New York and Bremen/Hamburg markets, ex-dock.

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ORIGINS OF THE BEST:

COFFEA ARABICA PLANT AND BEANS

The coffee plant is an evergreen shrub, classified under the genus Coffea, and part of the botanical family Rubiaceae. There are several species of Coffea, the finest quality being Arabica, which today represents 59% of the world’s coffee production.

Arabica originated in the highlands of Ethiopia. It is sensitive to hot and humid conditions, and grows at altitudes of 1.25-1.55 miles. Arabica grown at higher altitudes is associated with the emergence of higher quality characteristics during roasting.

Flowers and Fruit

Since Coffea grows in tropical and equatorial regions where it is always spring or summer, it’s not a change of climate, but rather the beginning of the rainy season that triggers Arabica plants to flower, fragrant and white. Eight or nine months after flowering comes the fruit: deep red, shiny and plump like cherries, each containing two Arabica seeds, or beans.

With rain, the fruit flourishes, and a careful harvesting process begins. Since ripe and unripe fruit can occupy the same plant, precision harvesting is critical.

Coffee Beans

The coffee bean is actually the seed of the coffee plant, found inside a red fruit often called the cherry. Each cherry contains two seeds (beans) surrounded by a membrane called the parchment, and a layer of sweet pulp. Arabica beans are fairly flat and elongated, with a sinuous groove.

Genetically Arabica is the only species with 44 chromosomes of Coffea. Chemically, Arabica’s caffeine content varies from 0.9 to 1.7% of each bean’s volume.

In the Cup

In the cup, a well-prepared espresso borne of exclusively high-quality Arabica is beautifully fragrant, sweet and round, with a slight and pleasant acidity, often chocolaty, with an aftertaste of caramel and just a mild hint of bitterness.

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Arabica Beans vs. Robusta Beans—What’s the Difference?

The main commercial coffee beans are Arabica (Coffea Arabica) and Robusta (Coffea Robusta).

Arabica Beans

Arabica plants are more sensitive to temperature and handling, and also more vulnerable to pests.

• Seventy percent of all coffee beans grown are Arabica, which grows best at higher elevations in tropical or sub-tropical climates.
• Arabica beans (before roasting) are said to smell of blueberries, giving the roasted beans a sweet smell.
• Arabica beans are generally more flavorful than Robusta, though not all premium gourmet coffee beans are Arabica.

Robusta Beans

Robusta are hardier plants, tolerating lower elevations and less favorable climate and soil conditions. Robust are grown primarily in Southeast Asia and Africa.

• Robusta beans are used for most everyday and instant coffees, and have about twice as much caffeine as Arabica beans.
• Robusta beans (before roasting) are said to conjure smells of oats or peanuts, with a grainy and nutty fragrance.
• Robusta beans may smell burnt even if roasted properly. Some people compare the smell to burnt plastic or rubber.

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Coffee Arabica

When you think about a cup of coffee you are probably not thinking about fruits. But coffee starts with the bright red fruits of the coffee plant. The seeds of these fruits are the coffee beans, which are roasted and then used to prepare coffee. The coffee plant has its origin in Ethiopia where it was discovered around 800 AD in the Kaffa region. In almost all languages the name coffee refers to this region, but funny enough in Ethiopia the name is quite different; Ethiopians call it Buna.

Coffee shrub of Arabia

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Basic information and facts

Coffee originates from Ethiopia and north of Kenya.

Distribution:

Tropical regions with a suitable climate: Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, etc), South-West Arabia, South and Central America (Brazil, Colombia, Nicaragua, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, etc.), and Asia (Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, India, etc.)

Evergreen or deciduous:

Coffee flowers are white and can be 10 to 15 mm in diameter. The flowers grow in clusters and have an nice aromatic smell.

The coffee leaves are opposite, with an elliptic-ovate to oblong shape. Leaves are from 6 to 15 cm long and from 4 to 8 cm wide. The leaves are glossy with dark green color.

Coffee berries are round to oblong and about 1 cm long. At first they are dark green in color, but as they mature they turn first yellow and finally red. Each berry contains two seeds, which are what we call the coffee beans.

Climate and weather:

Coffee requires a cooler tropical climate. In the tropics it is usually grown at altitudes between 1300 and 1500 meters but sometimes higher. Further away from the equator it can be grown on lower altitudes, even sea level. Coffee does not tolerate frost.

Pollination:

Coffea arabica (Arabica coffee) is self-pollinating.

Coffee plants can grow to 7 meters tall or more, but are usually pruned to just 2 or 3 meter for easier harvesting.

Blooming period

All flowers bloom simultaneously. It takes 7 to 9 months for the fruits to be ripe.

Type of soil:

Coffee prefers rich fertile soils. Responds well to compost and manure and the use of a thick mulch.

Coffee requires 1000 to 1500 mm of rain, preferably spread over the entire year.

Traditionally coffee is grown under shade (inter-planted with shade trees: the “coffee-mama”) but modern cultivation is also done in full sun light. The shaded plantations have often lower yields, but higher quality coffee. The shaded plantations are also more environmentally friendly because of the greater bio-diversity, and they use less fertilizers and pesticides.

Spacing (close range)

Spacing (wide range)

Propagation:

Usually propagated by seed, but also grafting.

Insect pests:

Several insects attack coffee, for example leaf miners and coffee berry borer.

Fruit development:

Coffee fruits take 7 to 9 months to mature. The color changes from dark green, via yellow to bright red.

Harvesting:

Pick the berries when ripe.

From ripe fruits the flesh of the berry is removed (usually by machine). The seeds (coffee beans) are then fermented to remove the slimy layer which still covers the bean. Then the beans are washed to remove fermentation residue and dried. The green seeds are then roasted before they are used to brew coffee. There are many different ways to brew coffee: boiled, steeped, or pressured.

Proverbs and Quotes

• A cup of coffee commits one to forty years of friendship.
• And then there is coffee! (Dutch advertisement)
• Coffee and love are best when they are hot.
• Coffee and love taste best when hot.
• Coffee from the top of the cup and chocolate from the bottom.
• Coffee has two virtues, it’s wet and it’s warm.
• Coffee is our bread. (Ethiopian proverb)
• Coffee is to wake up, coffee is to work with, coffee is to live with, coffee is life.
• Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water.
• Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death, and sweet as love.
• Conscience keeps more people awake than coffee.
• Everybody needs something to believe. I believe I’ll have another cup of coffee!
• Instant Human: Just Add Coffee.
• Is there life before coffee?
• This is coffee of yesterday. If you want coffee of today, please come back tomorrow.
• You can’t take the milk back from the coffee.
• Coffee is a beverage that puts one to sleep when not drank. (by: Alphonse Allais)
• Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and fat. (by: Alex Levine)
• Black as the devil, Hot as hell, Pure as an angel, Sweet as love. (by: Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand)
• It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity. (by: Dave Barry)
• I like my coffee strong and my women weak. (Alexander Pappas)
• Too much coffee is bad for my health. I don’t know if it will kill me, but if it does I hope to come back as a coffee pot.

Did you know that?

• People often add some sugar to their coffee. However, in some villages in Ethiopia the people use salt and/or butter to flavor their coffee.

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Arabica Genome Sequenced in Pursuit of Quality and Adaptation

UC Davis researcher Juan Medrano points to the marker that indicates the tree used to sequence the arabica genome, at Good Land Organics in Goleta, Calif.

The University of California, Davis, has released the first public genome sequence of Coffea arabica, a step researchers believe could provide the foundation for new high-quality, adaptable coffee varieties.

“This new genome sequence for Coffea arabica contains information crucial for developing high-quality, disease-resistant coffee varieties that can adapt to the climate changes that are expected to threaten global coffee production in the next 30 years,” said UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences geneticist Juan Medrano. “We hope that the C. arabica sequence will eventually benefit everyone involved with coffee — from coffee farmers, whose livelihoods are threatened by devastating diseases like coffee leaf rust, to coffee processors and consumers around the world.”

Good Land Organics Owner Jay Ruskey at Good Land Organics.

For the project, researchers collaborated with Jay Ruskey of the Good Land Organics farm near Santa Barbara in California’s Central Coast region. For several years, Ruskey has been growing arabica coffee in California with the belief that coffee can become a viable agricultural product for the state.

Researchers collected 23 samples of Geisha coffee trees at different developmental stages from Ruskey’s coffee farm, coming to estimate after the sequencing that the UCG-17 Geisha has a genome composed of 1.19 million base pairs, which is approximately one-third of that of the human genome.

They have also sequenced samples from 22 other Geisha trees to better understand genetic variation within the variety, as well as within 13 other arabica varieties. Unfortunately, in first-of-its-kind research published last year, World Coffee Research found relatively little genetic diversity among 947 arabica samples.

“Going forward, the researchers will focus on identifying genes and molecular pathways associated with coffee quality, in hopes that these will provide a better understanding of the flavor profiles of Geisha coffee,” UC Davis said in an announcement of the arabica sequencing, which followed the first ever genome sequencing of coffee, of C. canephora (robusta) in 2014.

Ruskey squeezes out a coffee bean at Good Land Organics.

Funding for the UC Davis genome sequencing project was provided by Japan’s Suntory group, one of the oldest beverage companies in Japan, which produces a range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages under various brands.

“We anticipate that functional analysis of the genes identified by the C. arabica sequencing will lead to development of new, disease-resistant coffee varieties with enhanced flavor and aroma characteristics,” Yoshikazu Tanaka, senior general manager for Suntory Global Innovation Center Limited, said in the UC Davis Announcement. “The Suntory Group will continue its research and development efforts to identify formulas and raw materials for creating coffee beverages that have higher added value, with a focus on safety, security and good taste.”

The new genome sequence has been posted to Phytozome.net, the public database for comparative plant genomics.

Nick Brown is the editor of Daily Coffee News by Roast Magazine. Feedback and story ideas are welcome at publisher@dailycoffeenews.com.

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Oh yay! GMO- coffee!! The best thing about this news, for people like me, is that it gives me hope that traditional farmers will earn more money from their non-gmo heirloom coffees in the future. So cheers to that!

And also, every argument, including climate change, used to propagate the claims for needing GMO plant varieties is pure fictional fear mongering. The only real driver behind the GMO industry is the corporate profits of said industry. Thankfully, everyone is slowly waking up to this truth.

Agreed. Soon we will see GMO Round-up Ready(TM) coffee growing like corn in Iowa. Will that be good for smallholder farmers around the world? Will that be good for our heath or the industry? Who benefits here really? I can see engineered varieties coming where plants die at a specific year and their beans cannot produce seedlings.

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THE FARMERS’ SUPPORT PROGRAM

HimalayanArabica® Coffee has initiated ‘The Farmer Support Program (FSP)’ to enhance sustainable practices in coffee-growing regions and to help growers implement more responsible growing practices, improve the quality and size of their harvests, and ultimately earn better incomes.

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Shade grown from 1,300m and above at the foothills of Mt. Manaslu. Our green coffee is a mix of Bourbon and Typica that is wet processed and Sun dried and meets the guidelines of specialty green grading. We are transforming HimalayanArabica green coffee into The Jewel of Asian Coffee. More

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HimalayanArabica Coffee

HimalayanArabica® is a socially responsible and quality-focused brand striving towards perfection in every sector of coffee production from growing, processing, roasting to exporting. When people hear about Nepal Coffee, we want them to think about The Jewel of Asian Coffee™.

Greenland Organic Farm

Greenland Organic Farm Pvt. Ltd, is the engine behind it all and is not only a producer, but works in partnership with 12 cooperatives, representing 2325 farmers from Lamjung and Kaski districts at the foothills of Mt. Manaslu, Nepal.

Coffea arabica

• Linnaeus, C. von 1753. Species Plantarum, Tomus I: 172.

Bahasa Melayu: Kopi

Deutsch: Arabicakaffee, Arabischer Kaffeebaum the tree, Arabischer Kaffeestrauch the plant, Bergkaffee, Kaffee, Kaffeebohne, the bean, Kaffeestrauch

eesti: Araabia kohvipuu

Ελληνικά: Καφές Kafes

English: Arabian coffee, Arabica coffee, Coffee

español: Café arábica

Esperanto: Araba kofeo

français: Café arabica, Caféier commun, Caféier d'Arabie

italiano: Pianta del caffè, Albero del caffè, Caffè

magyar: Arab kávé

Nederlands: Arabicakoffie, Koffie, Koffiestruik

Coffee Futures End of Day Settlement Price

Price in U.S. Dollars per pound: 1.2955

Coffee, Other Mild Arabicas Daily Price

Coffee, Other Mild Arabicas, New York cash price, ex-dock New York, US cents per pound

As of: Thursday, April 30, 2015

Source: International Coffee Organization

Coffee, Other Mild Arabicas Monthly Price - US Dollars per Kilogram

Description: Coffee (ICO), International Coffee Organization indicator price, other mild Arabicas, average New York and Bremen/Hamburg markets, ex-dock

Unit: US Dollars per Kilogram

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Arabica and Robusta Coffee Plant

Coffee Plant Overview

The coffee plant is a woody perennial evergreen dicotyledon that belongs to the Rubiaceae family. Because it grows to a relatively large height, it is more accurately described as a coffee tree. It has a main vertical trunk (orthotropic) and primary, secondary, and tertiary horizontal branches (plagiotropic).

The Difference Between Arabica and Robusta Coffee Beans

While there are several different coffee species, two main species of coffee are cultivated today. Coffea arabica, known as Arabica coffee, accounts for 75-80 percent of the world's production. Coffea canephora, known as Robusta coffee, accounts for about 20 percent and differs from the Arabica coffees in terms of taste. While Robusta coffee beans are more robust than the Arabica plants, but produces an inferior tasting beverage with a higher caffeine content. Both the Robusta and Arabica coffee plant can grow to heights of 10 meters if not pruned, but producing countries will maintain the coffee plant at a height reasonable for easy harvesting.

Coffee Plant Growth and Development

Three to four years after the coffee is planted, sweetly smelling flowers grow in clusters in the axils of the coffee leaves. Fruit is produced only in the new tissue. The Coffea Arabica coffee plant is self-pollinating, whereas the Robusta coffee plant depends on cross pollination. About 6-8 weeks after each coffee flower is fertilized, cell division occurs and the coffee fruit remains as a pin head for a period that is dependent upon the climate. The ovaries will then develop into drupes in a rapid growth period that takes about 15 weeks after flowering. During this time the integument takes on the shape of the final coffee bean. After the rapid growth period the integument and parchment are fully grown and will not increase in size. The endosperm remains small until about 12 weeks after flowering. At this time it will suppress, consume, and replace the integument. The remnants of the integument are what make up the silverskin. The endosperm will have completely filled the cavity made by the integument nineteen weeks after flowing. The endosperm is now white and moist, but will gain dry matter during the next several months. During this time the endosperm attracts more than seventy percent of the total photsynthesates produced by the tree. The mesocarps will expand to form the sweet pulp that surrounds the coffee bean. The coffee cherry will change color from green to red about thirty to thirty-five weeks after flowing. See Flash movie on Coffee Bean Development.

Coffee Plant Root System

The roots of the coffee tree can extend 20-25 km in total length (Malavolta, 195) and the absorbing surface of a tree ranges from 400 to 500 m 2 (Nutman). There are main vertical roots, tap roots, and lateral roots which grow parallel to the ground. The tap roots extend no further than 30-45 cm below the soil surface. Four to eight axial roots may be encountered which often originate horizontally but point downward. The lateral roots can extend 2 m from the trunk. About 80-90% of the feeder root is in the first 20 cm of soil and is 60-90 cm away from the trunk of the coffee tree (Mavolta, 195-196). However, Nutman states that the greatest root concentration is in the 30 to 60 cm depth. The roots systems are heavily affected by the type of soil and the mineral content of the soil. To be thick and strong, the coffee roots need an extensive supply of nitrogen, calcium and magnesium. During planting the main vertical roots are often clipped to promote growth of the the horizontal roots, which then have better access to water and added nutrients in the top soil.

The elliptical leaves of the coffee tree are shiny, dark green, and waxy. The coffee bean leaf area index is between 7 and 8 for a high-yielding coffee (Malavolta, 195). The coffee plant has become a major source of oxygen in much of the world. Each hectare of coffee produces 86 lbs of oxygen per day, which is about half the production of the same area in a rain forest (source: Anacafe).