- Coffee Science Information Centre (#)

  „The coffee tree is a tropical evergreen shrub (genus Coffea), and two beans are generally contained in each fruit, which when ripe resembles a red cherry. The two most commercially important species grown are varieties of Coffea canephora (robustas) and Coffea arabica (arabicas). The latter grows at higher altitudes, requires less rain, and its beans have a lower caffeine content than that of robustas.“

http://www.cosic.org/background-on-coffee/ coffee-production - Cached

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Supermarket Coffee vs. Specialty Store Coffee

  „The other bean that makes up the small difference (about 8%) in this country's coffee consumption is called Coffea Arabica. It is the variety sold as whole beans in all specialty coffee stores and is the bean of choice for coffee connoisseurs as well as beginning coffee lovers.“

http://www.sallys-place.com/beverages/coffee/ supermarket.htm - Cached

26 to 50

  „The 2,000 Arabica coffee cherries it takes to make a roasted pound of coffee arenormally picked by hand as they ripen. Since each cherry contains two beans, it takesabout 4,000 Arabica beans to make a pound of roasted coffee.“

http://www.koffeekorner.com/26to50.htm - Cached

Processing Coffee

  „Irrespective of the harvesting method, green coffee beans and overripe coffee cherries inevitably end up mixed with the perfectly ripe cherries and must be separated.  Overripe coffee cherries, undeveloped coffee cherries, sticks and leaves float in water.  Ripe coffee beans and green coffee cherries are dense and sink.  Therefore, the first separation step takes place by separating the floaters from the sinkers.  The floaters are usually sent directly to the patio to be dried and are then slated for internal consumption.  The ripe and green cherries can be sent to the patios to be dried using the natural (dry) process or can be sent to the pulping machines.“

http://www.coffeeresearch.org/agriculture/ processing.htm - Cached

Simply Coffee

  „The tree has lovely flowers which smell like Jasmine.  When the tree finishes flowering, two beans begin to develop inside a shell - called a Cherry (sometimes only one bean grows inside a Cherry - this is called a Peaberry).“

http://www.britishcoffeeassociation.org/ id42.htm - Cached

Arabica, The Coffee Lover's Choice (INeedCoffee.com)

  „There’s a whole wide world of beans out there, but almost all commercial coffee comes from the beans of only two varieties of plant – coffea arabica or coffea robusta. You’re forgiven if you think robusta to be the more appealing of the two. The mega-roasters spend millions each year to keep the everyday coffee drinker in the dark.“

http://www.ineedcoffee.com/01/02/arabica/ - Cached

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