Coffee knowledge-- about the growth process of Coffee trees

The coffee tree is an evergreen tree with small white flowers and green flowers that turn red when it is mature. A normal coffee tree can usually grow to 5 to 10 meters high, but for the convenience of harvesting, bean farmers often prune it to less than 2 meters. After flowering, there are many dark green ellipses, and the mature ones change from dark green to bright red, because around Sinorama and cherries, they are nicknamed "cherries", and each "cherry" contains a pair of seeds. this pair of seeds are the so-called coffee beans.

Coffee flowers, white, Corolla 5-lobed, anti-curly, hair strongly fragrant. The 4-to 5-year-old coffee trees bloom in the city, and the flowering period is about 2-3 months. The coffee flowers are not beautiful and the smell is similar to that of jasmine, and the branches are clustered when they bloom. White petals and light jasmine fragrance appear noble and elegant, but it is a pity that its flowering period is about 3-5 days. Therefore, it is a valuable opportunity to appreciate the splendor of the sea of coffee flowers in the coffee garden. After the coffee blossoms, it slowly turns into a green coffee.

Immature coffee is actually green, after 6-7 months of maturity, the mature skin is red, because its shape and color are similar to cherries, so foreigners call mature coffee a cherry (Cherry). Under the bright red skin, it is a sweet sticky yellow substance that covers the whole coffee bean. Under normal circumstances, each coffee bean actually has two coffee beans, flat opposite, the general situation of coffee beans has a very thin diaphragm tissue ─ silver skin (SilverSkin), each coffee bean and its silver skin are located in a hard milky bean-shaped shell with protective dyeing, called Parchment, which separates coffee beans from mucus.

Normal coffee trees sometimes grow some smaller ones, but there is only one hole in the tree. Coffee beans, which have different names, are called round beans (Peaberry), or single beans. They do not have a flat side. On the contrary, they are smaller and almost round. Because it is very small, and it must be specially selected and gathered together, therefore, its price is much higher than that of general coffee beans, and many people feel that the taste of round beans is particularly good, because its round bean shape can put the original taste of coffee tightly in the beans, and the taste is particularly strong. Many coffee lovers regard it as the best of coffee beans.