Coffee Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
brewed beverage made from seeds of Coffea genus
About Coffee
—Michael Pollan There are well over 100 known species in the genuscoffea, but only a few are commercially important. Coffee beans are mostly of two main types: A third, less common, variety is Liberica which grows on a tree rather than a bush. Of the three, Liberica has the lowest caffeine concentration and Robusta the highest. A fourth variant is Excelsa, which some consider only a variant of Liberica rather than a separate species. Coffee can be purchased as instant granules, which are used by most hotel rooms, though many cafés purchase roasted coffee beans and then grind them themselves to make coffee, usually starting with a single shot of espresso. For drinkers who desire more caffeine or a stronger flavour, additional shots can be requested. Coffee can also be bought as roasted and
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