{"id":127,"date":"2025-11-09T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T12:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startersites.io\/blocksy\/homi\/?p=127"},"modified":"2025-12-05T10:19:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T10:19:55","slug":"how-to-style-a-console-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capsuladoro.com\/sq\/2025\/11\/09\/how-to-style-a-console-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Know Coffee Is Actually a Fruit?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When most people think of coffee, they imagine a bag of roasted brown beans destined for their morning brew. But what if we told you those \u201cbeans\u201d aren\u2019t actually beans at all?
Surprising as it may sound\u2014coffee is technically a fruit!<\/strong> The familiar coffee bean is the seed<\/em> found inside a bright red cherry-like fruit that grows on coffee trees. This fascinating truth reveals a new and flavorful perspective on the world\u2019s most popular beverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coffee Begins Its Journey as a Cherry<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Coffee plants produce clusters of small fruits commonly called coffee cherries<\/strong>.
These cherries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Begin green<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Ripen to bright red, yellow, or orange<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Contain two seeds \u2014 the \u201ccoffee beans\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    When the cherry is ripe, it\u2019s sweet, juicy, and edible. Many describe its flavor as a mix of watermelon, rose, and hibiscus<\/strong>. While the fruit is rarely eaten fresh today, some regions use it to make cascara tea<\/strong>, a naturally sweet and lightly caffeinated drink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    So Why Do We Call It a Bean?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Simple:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n
    • The seed looks<\/em> like a bean.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Early coffee traders used the term for convenience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      In reality, it has nothing in common with legumes like black beans, lentils, or chickpeas.
      Instead, coffee is more closely related to fruits such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Cherries
      Mangoes
      Peaches<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      That means your morning cup of coffee comes from the same botanical family as some of your favorite sweet fruits!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      How Coffee Is Harvested<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
        \n
      1. Pick the ripe cherries<\/strong>
        Skilled farmers select cherries at peak ripeness for the best flavor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Remove the fruit<\/strong>
        The fruit is removed using either:\n
          \n
        • Dry process<\/strong> (sun-dried)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Wet process<\/strong> (washed)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Extract the beans<\/strong>
          Inside each cherry are:\n
            \n
          • Two coffee beans (most common)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Or one bean (called a peaberry<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Dry, roast, and grind<\/strong>
            Once extracted, the beans are processed and roasted \u2014 creating the rich aroma and flavor we love.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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            The Taste of the Fruit Itself<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

            Coffee cherries taste nothing like brewed coffee.
            They are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              \n
            • Mildly sweet<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Slightly tart<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Delicate and floral<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              Many describe the flavor as similar to ripe cherries or hibiscus<\/strong>. Traditionally, in Ethiopia and Yemen, the dried fruit skins were brewed into qishr<\/strong> or cascara tea<\/strong>, enjoyed long before modern espresso culture existed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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              Cascara: The Hidden Gem of Coffee Fruit<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

              \u201cCascara,\u201d meaning husk<\/em> in Spanish, refers to the dried outer skin of the coffee cherry.
              It offers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Sweet berry flavor
              Floral aroma
              Lower caffeine than coffee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              This drink is now gaining popularity in coffee shops around the world, offering a fresh way to enjoy the fruit behind the bean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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              When most people think of coffee, they imagine a bag of roasted brown beans destined for their morning brew. But what if we told you those \u201cbeans\u201d aren\u2019t actually beans at all?Surprising as it may sound\u2014coffee is technically a fruit! The familiar coffee bean is the seed found inside a bright red cherry-like fruit that […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-information-sq"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/capsuladoro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cofee-fruit-blog-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capsuladoro.com\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capsuladoro.com\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capsuladoro.com\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capsuladoro.com\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capsuladoro.com\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capsuladoro.com\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1688,"href":"https:\/\/capsuladoro.com\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions\/1688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capsuladoro.com\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capsuladoro.com\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capsuladoro.com\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capsuladoro.com\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}