Robusta has a higher resistance to insects due to the higher caffeine content. The caffeine that poisons them is what gives us a nice intoxicating buzz. It grow

Robusta has a higher resistance to insects due to the higher caffeine content. The caffeine that poisons them is what gives us a nice intoxicating buzz. It grows at lower altitudes thanks to this trait. With climate change, it’s unsurprising that this is becoming a more common crop. The coffee snob me doesn’t agree that it makes a coffee beverage equivalent to arabica. Maybe roasters will innovate a way around that. Ditto with instant, though it’s useful to me to find a good roaster’s version when I travel. The environmentalist me also appreciates that arabica supports better biodiversity, and it’s a shame that farms are tearing down arabica plants to replace with robusta.[1,2] Climate change is wreaking havoc. In places like Ethiopia it’s especially disconcerting since these heirlooms are native species. In other parts of the world as disparate as Indonesia or El Salvador, it’s not too surprising that climate change is exposing the crop’s inability to withstand environmental stress because these were imported during colonial times. 1-https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2020/06/04/why-biodiversity-matters-to-your-daily-cup-of-coffee https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2020/06/04/why-bio... 2-https://www.reuters.com/world/the-great-reboot/if-your-coffees-going-downhill-blame-climate-change-2021-08-16/ https://www.reuters.com/world/the-great-reboot/if-your-coffe...