Did you know that Coffee Beans are not actually a bean but a seed from inside a cherry red fruit?
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Coffee beans are actually seeds, hidden inside the coffee plant fruit, commonly known as a ‘cherry’.
The coffee cherries start off green and ripen through yellow and orange tones, until they reach a rich, ripe cherry red color. This is the stage at which they are handpicked from the plant.
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outer skin
pulp
seed 1
seed 2
Peaberry beans are the result of a natural mutation found in under 10% of each harvest, which results in one bean developing within the coffee berry instead of the "Classic" two. The Peaberry bean, having not had to share nutrients with a twin, has a unique flavor profile which many consider to be superior.
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