Worldwide Gourmet Coffee Producers
We have a map that shows all the gourmet coffee producing countries:
Arabica is mainly grown in the following regions:
Mexico
Central America (Guatemala, Costa Rica)
South America (Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina)
India
Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique)
New Guinea
Many of the cheaper blends have a higher proportion of robusta compared to arabica. Some high quality blends use a small quantity of the very best robusta beans to give body and character to the blends, particularly in espresso blends.
Robusta is mainly grown in the following regions:
Western and Central Africa (Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Uganda, Angola)
Malaysia (Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Java, etc.)
Brazil
India
Ecuador
Colombia
Some Central American countries (Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador)
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