The previous poster was correct. There is no such thing as an espresso bean or espresso roast... it is simply the preparation method. Espresso can be made with robusta or arabica beans from any country of origin. Degree of roast...

clear water through the machine, clean the filter or the 30 second extraction rule yet they made excellent espresso. I know one reason why espresso is so bad in most French cafe is their use of straight Robusta beans. These beans...

a “cafe” if they don’t serve a cup of Kenyans ! As for expressos, no comments ...any coffee connisseur would avoid those, robusta fried beans ...ewww Surprisingly, Second Cup serves a cup of Kenyan at a very...

of all a different sort (more robusta than arabica), and second of all it is roasted with sugar, which makes the final product definitely different. Maybe it is because of that? I know that I don’t like the coffee anywhere...

, not the quality of its seed (the coffee bean). They don’t even distinguish between arabica and robusta trees, let alone all of the more subtle things that distinguish premium coffee from the mass-market stuff. So the vast...

their extra “character”. Personally it’s a bit too funky in taste for me, but is used as a replacement for robustas in some espresso blends. This reminds me a lot of the making of Tawny Ports, right down to it...

Most of the house varieties are the cheaper Robusta species of coffee beans, since they grow in less then optimum conditions of climate, soils and altitude. Where as the finer coffees are from fewer Arabica species of plant, that...

Arabica coffees (no robusta), and offers over 100 different coffee selections, including certified organic, Fair Trade Certified™, estate, signature blends and flavored coffees that sell under the Green Mountain Coffee Roasters®...

in the US in 2007. If you’re not drinking coffee out of a can, then 100% Arabica is standard in the US for drip. It’s a commodity. That said, there are decent robustas (although not in US can coffee) that are used in...

Happily. First off – anything (other than as an ingredient in Espresso) containing primarily Robusta beans is not worth the time it takes to put it in the cart. Stick with Arabica beans. You also want to buy your coffee...

nature. Your favourite place (or mine) is just that, a place. It can’t be everywhere. In Toronto, I much prefer Hollywood Gelato, Mercury, Mercurio, and Jet Fuel to Starbucks. But Starbucks are ubiquitous, and better them...

four things can also make them average, or even terrible. 1. Quality of the whole beans used (yes, I said whole bean...instant, pre-ground, pre-packaged, or let’s just go out on a limb and say Robusta don’t count). 2....

in earlier times. The coffee is not my favourite. I suspect it contains some robusta beans (which Starbuck’s, Second Cup, and Timothy’s do not use for brewed coffee). These beans have much more caffeine than the...

to much robusta in them, and the skill level of the baristas is not close to the Big Three. (Ritual, BlueBottle, and now Four-Barrel). Although, I’ve been a little disappointed in the espresso I’ve had there...

the Italians who first made espresso in this country were mostly poor immigrants who could afford only lower quality coffee beans, including a lot of inferior Robusta coffees. Poorer quality coffees are traditionally roasted very...