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arabica

American  
[uh-rab-i-kuh] / əˈræb ɪ kə /

noun

plural

arabicas
  1. arabica coffee.


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Their ratings help set U.S. futures-market prices for arabica, and in turn, the global coffee industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The team designed a three-step, activity-focused process to uncover bioactive diterpene esters in roasted Coffea arabica beans.

From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 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

Coffee consumers paid for those lost beans — as well as arabica beans similarly lost in Brazil — with their cups each morning via price hikes.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 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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