Which coffee beans are used by Starbucks?
Here’s why we choose to use 100% arabica beans. A lot of factors influence the way your coffee tastes. One of the biggest – the type of coffee tree the beans come from. We only use 100% arabica beans, so you can enjoy the delicious, high quality coffee these beans help create. Arabica ground coffee, selected from the world’s most renowned coffee growing regions, beans are blended and roasted with care to deliver the consistent taste of Tim Hortons every time.Roasters in the United States have been known to use high-quality robustas in their espresso blends, but Italian espresso is especially well-known for its crema. Today, arabica is the predominant species used in the U. S. In fact, almost all the coffee Americans drink today is from arabica beans.Generally, Arabica beans are more expensive compared to Robusta because of the complexities with their harvesting: they’re harder to grow and yield less per plant.Our coffee, our why starbucks proudly sources 100% arabica coffee from more than 450,000 farmers in 30 markets along “the coffee belt” – in latin america, asia pacific and africa.