It is tiring to go to the local store or local roaster only to find out that the best coffee beans you are searching for is not available. The local roaster may not have all the variety of selection for coffee lovers. The great thing about this generation is that there are coffee shops that offer a variety of selection and people can buy coffee beans online.

You could find a wide variety of coffee plant species nowadays to produce coffee.The most popular variety is Coffea Arabica composes the 75 percent of the international coffee trade. Coffea Canephora or Robusta Coffee is another type of coffee beans. Aside from the fact that it makes up the 20 percent of the coffee trade, it is also cheaper because it is leas refined compared to Arabica. The two types of coffee beans are often divided and subcategorized according to the location of cultivation and the way it was roast.The coffee that originates from the traditional Coffea Arabica plant is considered superior over the others. Even if the cultivation and harvesting of this plant is quite expensive and the fact that it only grows on warm temperatures and high altitudes, there are many who are interested in growing this plant because of the sweet aromatic coffee it produces.The second type of coffee bean is easier to cultivate and therefore it is very affordable, the Coffea Canephora. They are considered bitterer due to the double content of caffeine. Unlike the Arabica, Robusta can grow at low altitudes and humid climates.

If you are one of those people whose morning ritual involves coffee makers, then you are in for some good news, especially if you are a man. A major Harvard study has recently concluded that drinking coffee reduces the risk of many kinds of cancer in men, but especially the rate of prostate cancer. The second cup of good news here is that the benefits accrue to those who drink regular coffee as well as decaf. It made no significant difference what kind of coffee, just that it was coffee.