what type is purely blue coffee?
Robusta and Arabica are the two main types of coffee grown commercially around the world.
Robusta
As the name suggests the Robusta coffee plant is robust in every way. It is tougher, higher yielding and has double the caffeine content of the Arabica plant. It is tolerant to being grown right down to sea level. Robusta coffee is generally considered to be of inferior quality to the higher grown Arabica coffee plant and it sells for about half the price of the higher quality Arabica. Robsuta coffee is typically used to make instant coffees and is often used by large commercial coffee roasters to blend with Arabica to achieve a lower priced product aimed at the less discerning coffee market.
Arabica
Arabica coffee is known as high grown coffee. It is grown at elevations between 1,000-3,000m (3,300-10,000ft) above sea level. There are around 20 varieties of the Arabica plant all with different characteristics. Australian Arabica coffee ranks amongst the highest quality in the world, a status only enjoyed by 10% of the worlds coffee production.
Purely Blue coffee is an A-grade Arabica specialty coffee, picked between June and September each year when the coffee plant cherries have turned a beautiful rich red colour and are at their very best.
