Though dubbed a “bean,” coffee is far from a legume A typical coffee bean is actually one of two pits inside of a ruby red fruit called a coffee cherry. (One exception to this is the rare peaberry, where the coffee cherry produces only one pit.) Is coffee a nut? Many people also mistakenly try … Read more
While they do look a lot like beans, coffee “beans” are actually the seed, or pit, of the fruit that grows on coffee trees Coffee trees grow small, bright red fruit called coffee cherries. Why is coffee called a bean? Even though the coffee beans are not technically beans, they are referred to as such … Read more
While they do look a lot like beans, coffee “beans” are actually the seed, or pit, of the fruit that grows on coffee trees Coffee trees grow small, bright red fruit called coffee cherries. Is coffee bean fruit? Coffee beans are the seed of a fruit , commonly referred to as a coffee cherry. This … Read more
coffee beans are not themselves fruit – but they are part of a fruit The coffee bean is a seed of the coffee plant. In fact, it’s not technically a bean at all – it’s just a seed. (They do look like beans, but beans are the seeds of an entirely different plant family.) Does … Read more