| Arabica coffee is widely-regarded as the best | | | | low levels of caffeine. While many coffee drinkers |
| commercially-produced type of coffee in the world. It is | | | | indulge in the beverage specifically for the caffeine, |
| known to be the first type of coffee ever consumed | | | | there are a growing number of people trying to cut |
| by humankind. Most of the coffee you drink comes | | | | back on the amount that they consume. Arabica has |
| from Arabica plants, which are grown all over the | | | | lower levels of caffeine than the other types of |
| world. This plant is most associated with Africa and | | | | commercially-produced coffee. Remember that lighter |
| the Middle East, but is now found in the | | | | roasts generally have more caffeine in them, as well, |
| coffee-growing regions of Latin America, as well. Its | | | | and that these beans are available at all levels of |
| beans produce one of the most popular beverages in | | | | roast, making them good choices for those who need |
| the world, in all its various incarnations. The plant that | | | | their caffeine intake cut down, but not out. |
| produces it, however, can be quite fragile. | | | | Arabica coffee is one of the most important cash |
| The Arabica coffee tree is grown on plantations from | | | | crops in the world. It constitutes a major export of |
| regions as far apart as Brazil, Java and Ethiopia. This | | | | several Latin American and Asian nations. There are |
| plant is a tree, which produces a berry that contains, at | | | | also a number of nations which are dramatically |
| its center, the coffee bean. In Java, plantations are able | | | | increasing their exports of either this coffee or |
| to harvest at any time of the year, due to the climate. | | | | Robusta, and the produce of the farms that grow this |
| Latin America has more pronounced seasons, and | | | | plant is popular among investors. The plant is actually |
| many of the plants in this region are only harvested | | | | native to the nation of Yemen but, since that time, it |
| once a year. There are other varieties of coffee, as | | | | has moved all over the world. The plant, however, is a |
| well, such as Robusta. Generally, however, the Arabica | | | | lover of mountain climates and most plantations are |
| plant is considered to produce the superior brew. It has | | | | located in areas where there is a rather rugged |
| some other advantages, as well. | | | | landscape. |
| Arabica coffee, depending upon the roast, can have | | | | |