arabica
Americannoun
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Some analysts expect a bumper harvest of the arabica bean, which should drive down prices.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
By sniffing beans and slurping coffee, these elite graders help keep the commodities market running: Their ratings help set U.S. futures-market prices for arabica.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Climate shocks drove the cost of arabica soaring, with the beans hitting an all-time high in February 2025.
From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025
Effector genes and other carbohydrate-active enzymes important in the breakdown of plant cell walls were shown by transcriptomics to be highly expressed during infection of arabica coffeeby the pathogenic arabica strains.
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024
This abortion is common in the arabica variety, and produces a bean formerly called gragé coffee, but now more commonly known as peaberry, or male berry.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
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