Arabusta is an Arabica x Robusta hybrid engineered by French coffee researchers and trialled in Côte d'Ivoire, inspired by the Timor Hybrid and now rare.
Arabusta is an interspecific hybrid of Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora, engineered by the French coffee and cocoa research institute, which reached Arabica-Robusta crossbreeding in 1973, with trial cultivation in Côte d'Ivoire and the USA. Ivorian agronomists were reportedly inspired by the Timor Hybrid. It was meant to combine Arabica's taste with Robusta's hardiness, averages around 2% caffeine, and never spread widely: it is mostly found in Africa and came close to extinction after Côte d'Ivoire's civil conflicts.
Grown in
- Côte d'Ivoireorigin