A coffee plant grows at a plantation in the mountainous area near Ciudad Bolivar, Antioquia department, Colombia on Oct. 18, 2017. Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP via Getty Images.

There are nearly 120 different varieties of coffee plants, but arabica and robusta are the only two that can be harvested for their beans. Here's a closer look at what makes them different, and ...

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The growing conditions required for arabica plants are part of the reason why it tends to be thought of as the higher-end choice and can be more expensive than robusta coffee. Arabica plants are ...