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
  • For the first time, one pound of arabica costs more than $4 on commodity markets.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Of course there was arabica, the premium bean served at almost all upscale coffee shops.
    — Alex Mayyasi, Saveur, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Plus, coffee drinkers’ palates and expectations have been shaped by decades of drinking arabica.
    — Alex Mayyasi, Saveur, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The goal is to develop varieties that taste like arabica but are more resilient, like other varieties.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Renowned for their smooth taste and sweet flavor, arabica beans make up between 60% to 70% of the global coffee market.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
  • 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 brand offers instant coffee, pods, whole beans, and grounds, and launched with 100 percent arabica coffee in light, medium, and dark roasts.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • This is where trucks laden with red coffee cherries, both robusta and arabica, arrive from other farms, where the pulp of the fruit removed and beans of coffee laid out on tables to dry in the sun.
    — Aniruddha Ghosal, Fortune Asia, 25 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • These included different regions of the genome across strains specific to arabica and robusta coffee.
    — Lily Peck, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2026
  • And since the coffee wasn’t as strong as arabica or robusta (liberica seems to have a lower caffeine content), the experience felt a bit like sipping tea.
    — Alex Mayyasi, Saveur, 10 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • While sugarcane fields remain, there were also groves of coffee trees, including species like arabica, robusta, and the less-common liberica.
    — Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2025
  • The two most common varieties are Coffea arabica and Coffea robusta.
    — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2025
  • The two most common varieties are Coffea arabica and Coffea robusta.
    — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The two most common varieties are Coffea arabica and Coffea robusta.
    — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 26 June 2026
  • Dang and Choi have visited coffee farms where drought has killed off arabica and robusta but left liberica trees hale and healthy—a promising sign for the bean’s commercial future.
    — Alex Mayyasi, Saveur, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Gone are the days when instant was synonymous with weak coffee, bitter and astringent, and mainly made with Robusta beans instead of the preferred arabica.
    — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Gone are the days when instant was synonymous with weak coffee, bitter and astringent, and mainly made with Robusta beans instead of the preferred arabica.
    — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2025
  • The beverage, which uses caffeine from unroasted arabica beans, has since expanded to numerous flavors.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 10 May 2023
  • The do-good brand launches today online and at Target and Sprouts grocery stores with 100 percent arabica coffee in light, medium and dark roasts.
    — Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2024
  • While there has been an incentive to use the cheaper robusta variety, the world’s top arabica grower Brazil has been hit by a lower 10% baseline tariff.
    — Bloomberg News, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025

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