
The Coffee Fruit (Coffee berry)
The Coffee Fruit: Coffee is ingrained in our culture, yet how many of us outside of coffee-producing countries have ever seen or recognized a coffee cherry?
The size of the fruit varies depending on the coffee variety, but they are often the size of a tiny grape. Unlike grapes, the center seeds supply the majority of the fruit’s bulk, however, there is a thin layer of fruit flesh behind the skin.
All cherries start out green and turn a darker shade as …