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The Heart of the Matter

2/14/2012

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Chances are you're familiar with the sight of a roasted coffee bean. But have you ever seen a coffee cherry?

These colorful fruits grow on coffee trees, and the precious coffee beans sit right at their center, beneath several layers of skin and pulp. In order to extract the beans for roasting, coffee growers must strip away these layers, which consist of the following:


  • A silver skin or husk lying directly over the coffee bean
  • Parchment lying over the silver skin
  • Mucilage - a sweet, sticky substance
  • Pith
  • Outer skin


When the coffee cherry is under-ripe the outer skin will be green, and as the cherry ripens, the skin will turn yellow, pink, or red. As the cherry ripens further, the skin turns purple, and finally, in an over-ripe cherry, the skin will be black and wrinkled, like a prune.

Ripe and even over-ripe cherries are desirable for a good coffee because they contain the most natural sugars, which are required for a full and balanced flavor. A ripe red coffee cherry might contain around 16% natural sugars, while an over-ripe purple cherry could contain as much as 22% sugar.

So, the next time you find yourself enjoying a nice cup of coffee, remember to be thankful not just for the famous coffee bean, but also for its mother, the colorful coffee cherry!

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Ripe, over-ripe and under-ripe coffee cherries Photo by Adrian Lander for The Espresso QuestEd. Laura Everage and Emily Oak, 2008
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Robert link
11/15/2022 04:54:26 am

Nice Information! Coffee Bean Market growth could be predominantly attributed to the rising demand for coffee as the most consumed beverage across all age groups

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