arabica
Americannoun
plural
arabicasExample Sentences
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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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