Dussert et al. (2008), studying the chemotaxonomy of Coffea species on the basis of seed fatty acid composition, reported compositional data in line with the results of our study regarding the main fatty acids in coffee beans: linoleic acid (45.2%), palmitic (33.4%), oleic (8.9%), stearic (7.0%), arachidic (2.2%) and linolenic acid (1.7%).