How to Use arabica in a Sentence

arabica

noun
  • Robusta prices have surged much faster this year than those for smoother-tasting arabica.
    Will Horner, WSJ, 10 June 2023
  • That would raise global supplies of mild arabica beans by about 13 percent.
    Marcy Nicholson, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2017
  • The beans used here are imported directly from Vietnam and are a mixture of robusta and arabica beans.
    Anna Ben Yehuda Rahmanan, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2019
  • The tea and coffee collection features three new brews: a darjeeling tea, a pineapple and coconut tea, and an East African arabica coffee.
    Town & Country, 12 Apr. 2023
  • After plunging to a nearly two-year low, futures for arabica coffee have bounced back as the weather in South America threatens this year’s crop.
    Kirk Maltais, WSJ, 17 Feb. 2023
  • But, overall, global analyses have suggested the area where arabica could be cultivated would be cut in half by the middle of the century.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Coffea arabica is a picky plant, willing to grow only in the narrowest range of conditions: Sunlight, water, drainage, and even altitude all have to be just so.
    Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Arabica is the highest quality coffee bean, and Colombia is the world's top producer of mild arabica.
    Marcy Nicholson, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Dark-roasted whole beans, a blend of arabica and robusta, are now available to purchase separately.
    Eleanore Park, WSJ, 20 June 2019
  • Kenya accounts for just 1 percent of the global crop, but its high-quality arabica beans are sought-after for blending with other varieties.
    Duncan Miriri, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The finest arabica beans from Colombia’s emerald hills were mostly exported, leaving domestic coffee lovers to drink the proverbial dregs.
    Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2017
  • That one more frivolous scolding about an innocuous activity could be averted is a small victory for reason, which amounts to more than a hill of arabica beans in this crazy world.
    Josh Gohlke, SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2018
  • The coffee bean comes in two basic families, arabica and the inferior (though easier to grow) robusta.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Mokhtar imagines himself one of those adventurers, aiming first to revive Yemen’s 500-year-old coffee culture and then to export its high-quality arabica beans.
    Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Choose from a sweeter, fruity arabica blend or a bolder, nuttier robusta, along with filters and hand grinders to prepare coffee in the traditional Vietnamese fashion.
    NBC News, 18 May 2020
  • Leaf rust, a fungal disease that affects both arabica and robusta plants, is also devastating the industry.
    Marvin G Perez, Bloomberg.com, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Death Wish is billed as the world's strongest coffee, made from a blend of organic, fair-trade robusta and arabica beans primarily from India and Peru, which contain 200 percent more caffeine than the average coffee blend.
    Kellie Hwang, azcentral, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Back-to-back hurricanes have battered arabica coffee fields in Honduras, while unpredictable changes in rainfall have devastated coffee farmers in Colombia.
    Rebecca Tan, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2023
  • The beverage, which uses caffeine from unroasted arabica beans, has since expanded to numerous flavors.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 10 May 2023
  • Starbucks offers several drinks – including a latte, a shaken espresso and an iced cortado – made with arabica coffee and Partanna cold pressed, extra virgin olive oil – and customers can also buy the olive oil separately.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 6 June 2023
  • While some coffee roasters add robusta to their highly secretive blends, premium brands are typically 100 percent mild arabica.
    Marcy Nicholson, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2017
  • The sophisticated arabica is hypersensitive to fluctuations in temperatures and faces dim prospects in a warming world.
    Nhung Nguyen, Washington Post, 15 May 2023

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