Arabica

If you’re a lover of gourmet coffee, you’re most likely familiar with the Arabica coffee bean, known for its aroma, acidity and low caffeine character.  

Arabica is more fragile than Robusta as it best grows in mountainous climates. This coffee plant is more vulnerable to pests and needs low pH soil, light shade, evenly distributed rain and a temperature of around 20 C (68 F) to thrive.  All of this, plus a longer growing cycle, makes Arabica more expensive to source.

Arabica is native to the southwestern highlands of Ethiopia, southeastern Sudan, Yemen and Kenya, hence the name Arabica – meaning “from Arabia”.  It is now grown in many regions of the tropics including Indonesia, Brazil, Colombia and others.

When you talk about gourmet coffee, you are almost always talking about coffee sourced from high quality Arabica beans.

Specialty coffees are usually blends of Arabica beans chosen for certain characteristics such as aroma and level of acidity. And there are also very well known specialty Arabica coffees such as Kona and Colombian Supremo that use all the same beans.

Of course, not all coffee beans of the Arabica species meet the standards set for gourmet coffee by coffee associations around the world. Therefore, if you are looking for the perfect cup of coffee, it makes sense to find out where the beans in your blend come from.

So that you can experience the rich, delicious taste of gourmet quality coffee, for many of our NESCAFÉ blends, we use high quality Arabica beans. Some examples include:  

NESCAFÉ GOLD is a distinctive blend of Arabica and Robusta beans

NESCAFÉ CAP COLOMBIE is made exclusively from Colombian Arabica beans, chosen for their aromatic tones and light roasted undertones that retain their aroma while delivering a smooth flavor.

NESCAFÉ ALTA RICA is a special blend of exclusive Latin American Arabica beans chosen for their full and dark roasted bold flavors.

NESCAFÉ Espresso is made from a blend of Arabica beans, fully roasted for a dark and intense flavor to bring you the authentic Italian espresso experience with fine crema.

We're committed to sourcing all our coffee beans responsibly, so that you can be assured that every cup of NESCAFÉ coffee is a quality product produced with respect to society and the environment.

Find out more about the responsible farming initiatives of NESCAFÉ.