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• 33% of the world's coffee production,
  
• cheaper to grow than Arabica,
  
• heartier plant than Arabica,
  
• up to twice the caffeine content of Arabica,
  
• used for most commercial brands of coffee,
  
• brewed Robusta adds a brown pigment to the finished cup, giving it an artificially "richer" look, and produces an un-sweet, neutral to terrible tasting cup—typically; tastes similar to what a wet brown paper bag smells like.

• 67% of the world's coffee production,
  
• more expensive to grow,
  
• more delicate plant,
  
• less caffeine than Robusta, and
  
• the starting point for producing good coffee (nevertheless, most Arabicas are no better than Robustas - due to poor production procedures).