Coffee grows on trees.

So much so that in the minds of the Chinese, instant coffee has become a standard, and people will even comment on some freshly made coffee, "well, this coffee is not good, it is not as strong as Nestle coffee."... " Whenever I hear such comments, I will refute and argue with reason, but I find that the popularization of coffee common sense can not be done by one person or a small company, nor can it be changed overnight. Even so, I still want to use this small blog to carry out coffee literacy on the endless Internet.

First of all, coffee grows on trees.

Coffee tree

Coffee tree belongs to Rubiaceae of Rubiaceae, which is a shrub or small tree. It is native to subtropical Africa or Asia. The seeds in its berries are the main raw materials of coffee. Commercially, the seeds of coffee are called coffee beans (coffee bean).

There are many different species of coffee (Coffea) in this genus, about 25-40 species, of which Coffea Arabica and Robusta Coffea Robusta are widely cultivated, and the main producing areas include Central and South America, Southeast Asia and Africa. Among the many species, Coffea arabica is considered to be one of the best quality of all species. It accounts for about 75% of world trade.

The flowers of a coffee tree

Secondly, the core (seed) of the fruit of the coffee tree is what we call the prototype of the raw coffee bean.

Coffee berries

There are two coffee seeds under the pulp of the berries. These are the coffee beans of our future.

In general, coffee, a coffee berry contains two coffee seeds.

The cut of coffee berries

The components of coffee berries

Another kind of coffee fruit, round bean (round bean) peaberry

Usually there are two seeds in a coffee fruit, known as coffee beans, but in the fruit of a coffee tree, there is usually only one seed in about 5-10% of the berries, because there is only one ovule fertilized in the ovary. The only bean will grow into a nearly oval shape. The other ovule cannot develop into a seed and becomes a flattened shape. The coffee beans in this kind of peaberry are smaller than the normal Arabica coffee beans, and the taste is obviously different from the general coffee beans, especially the peaberry beans will have strong acidity.

Generally speaking, the round beans will be divided into another category when the sorting operation is carried out after harvest. In the past, these peaberris may only be enjoyed by local farmers or eventually discarded, because peaberry has always been regarded as a poor quality coffee fruit. Recently, because it has attracted the attention of some importing countries, some brands of coffee have begun to produce so-called peaberry coffee, and some people think that it is the best coffee.

Coffee round beans (peaberry)

Sliced noodles of coffee beans