In my opinion the robusta bashing started when Vietnam(and other Asian countries) flooded the market with absolute garbage zz grade robusta leading to a huge dropout in the coffee market.
This caused Brazil(& Columbia) to be stuck with masses of green bean.
This eventually led to the Brazilian Government burning copious amounts of green been in an attempt to keep the price of their product stable in the coming years.
At was around this time the stock market dipped drastically(coincidence?).
So much like Hemp being outlawed in many countries due to the cotton growers making the governments who outlawed it a lot wealthier, robusta took a back seat to the more commonly thought of arabica.
Yes the overall quality of rubusta is lower than arabica but for me...i will try anything as long as it is fresh. Even if it has come from the rear of an animal


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