Spilling the beans on coffee's true identity

(American Chemical Society) People worldwide want their coffee to be both satisfying and reasonably priced. To meet these standards, roasters typically use a blend of two types of beans, arabica and robusta. But, some use more of the cheaper robusta than they acknowledge, as the bean composition is difficult to determine after roasting. Now, researchers reporting in ACS'Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry have developed a new way to assess exactly what's in that cup of joe.
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