What happen in the coffee farm?<\/h3>\n

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The beans we roast, grind, and brew to make coffee are the seeds of a fruit. The coffee plant produces coffee cherries, and the beans are the seeds inside. Coffee trees can naturally grow to over 30 ft\/9 m. But producers prune and stump plants short to conserve the plants\u2019 energy and to help harvesting. Smaller trees have better yield and quality in a limited space. Each tree is covered with green, waxy leaves that grow in pairs and coffee cherries grow along its branches. Depending on the variety, it takes three to four years for a coffee plant to produce fruit. The National Coffee Association USA states that the average coffee tree produces 10 lbs. of coffee cherry per year, which results in around 2 lbs of green beans. But there are different varieties of coffee and their beans have many different characteristics. Size, flavor, and disease resistance vary, among other factors. beans, which are the unroasted seeds from inside the ripe coffee cherry. Beneath the cherry skin is a thin layer called the\u00a0mesocarp, more commonly known as the pulp. Mucilage is the inner layer of the pulp. There\u2019s also a layer of pectin underneath the mucilage. These layers are full of sugars, which are important during the\u00a0fermentation\u00a0process. Then we reach the coffee seeds, which are technically called the\u00a0endosperm\u00a0but that we know better as beans. There are usually two beans in a coffee cherry, each of which is covered by a thin epidermis known as the silver skin and a papery hull that we call parchment (technically the\u00a0endocarp). The parchment is usually removed in hulling, which is the first step in the\u00a0dry milling process. Machines or millstones are used to remove any remaining fruit and the dried parchment from the beans. But sometimes green beans are sold with this layer intact as\u00a0parchment coffee. The silver skin is a group of sclerenchyma cells that are strongly attached to the beans. These cells form to support and protect the seed. They come off during roasting, when they are known as\u00a0chaff.<\/p>\n

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A coffee cherry\u2019s skin is called the\u00a0exocarp. It is green until it ripens to a bright red, yellow, orange, or even pink, depending on\u00a0variety. Green coffee cherries shouldn\u2019t be confused with green coffee.<\/p>\n

Sometimes there is just one seed inside a coffee cherry and it is rounder and larger that usual. This happens in about 5% of coffee cherries and the beans are known as peaberries.\u00a0Peaberries can be an anatomical variation of the plant or they can form when there is insufficient pollination and one ovule isn\u2019t fertilized. Sometimes the seed simply fails to grow, whether due to genetic causes or environmental conditions. Peaberries usually occur in the parts of the coffee plant that are exposed to severe weather conditions. There is some\u00a0debate\u00a0over whether peaberries have a sweeter and more desirable flavor and they are sometimes sold at a premium.\u00a0Regardless of whether you think they taste different, their rounded shape allows for better rolling in the roasting drum. So it\u2019s best to keep them apart from other beans to avoid an inconsistent roast. Coffee cherry skin and fruit is usually discarded, but sometimes they are dried to make cascara for tea and\u00a0other products. It is difficult to remove skin and mucilage from coffee beans and different processing methods have developed to do so. Each method has an effect on the flavor and profile of the final coffee. For example, washed coffee has all of the fruit flesh removed before drying. But in natural coffee the fruit flesh is removed after drying. In\u00a0honey\u00a0and pulped natural processing, the skin and sometimes part of the mucilage is removed before drying but the remaining mucilage and other layers are removed after. Leaving the mucilage on results in sweeter coffee with more body. It\u2019s easier to understand why if we compare both dry and wet post-harvest processes. When coffee cherries are taken from the branch, they start to germinate. This uses the sugar in the seed. Germination stops when drying begins. Natural processed coffees go to the drying terrace earlier than\u00a0pulped naturals\u00a0or\u00a0washed\u00a0coffees. Because of this, more sugars remain in the naturals and you end up with a sweeter bean. Washed coffees have clean, more consistent flavors that can show off a lot of acidity. Natural coffees have a lot more fruitiness, sweetness, and body.\u00a0The sugars of the mucilage also ferment during both dry and wet processing, and this has an impact on the final flavor. Without careful monitoring and consistent drying, the\u00a0unpredictable process of fermentation\u00a0can\u00a0undesirable qualities. Understanding the basics of the coffee cherry can help you better understand production, processing, and roasting. Next time you are choosing between a natural processed and washed coffee, you can have more confidence in knowing what that means and its impact on your cup.<\/p>\n

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