What is coffee?
Darcell ClarkeHaving a solitary cup of coffee by yourself or with a friend is the best feeling ever. Coffee brings peace and stillness to one’s being. Warm tones when coffee is brewing brings warmth and sweet memories way before the pot is done brewing.
Coffee is a blessing
Coffee has been passed down for many generations and many more to come. I think it is a blessing that coffee was born in Africa. Lots of greatness is birthed from the mother land and coffee is another one.
When I smell coffee, it reminds me of the many cups of coffee that my father had me make growing up. I know a lot of us in the world can remember our mom, dad even grandparents’ coffee.
They bring just as much warmth as a cup of java. Our family and memories are coffee. It will always be a part of who we are in the world.
That’s a lovely memory, but what is coffee?
Coffee noun cof·fee ˈkȯ-fē
Definition: A beverage made by percolation, infusion, or decoction from the roasted and ground seeds of a coffee plant.
It smells lovely, mahogany in color with an unsweet taste in its natural brewed form. The temperature of coffee can be hot or cold, but coffee made its debut in the 15th century as a hot steamy beverage and is made from roasted and ground seeds.
Coffee Beans
What we call coffee beans are called berries or coffee cherries. These beans grow on tropical shrubs and can be very high maintenance. The acidity level of coffee beans can range from 4.85 to 5.10.
Various parts of coffee plants are used for treating the flu, anemia, edema, asthma, and rage. There are five elements that make coffee. They are caffeine, tannin, fixed oil, carbohydrates and of course proteins.
The anatomy of the coffee berry is the berry skin, pulp, bean, silver skin and parchment. Pretty cool health stats for berries discovered by goats in the mother land.
Most uncultivated coffee is grown in tropical America. Wild coffee beans were said to be taken from Kefa (kaffa), in Ethiopia and it was described to be taken to Southern Arabia and placed under cultivation in the 15th century.
The coffee bean originally referred to as coffee berries are cultivated by tropical shrubs in tropical areas. They look like red cherries.
Arabica trees are the original coffee berries and make up 60% of the world’s coffee production and sales. By the end of the 17th century coffee houses were flourishing across Britain, the British colonies in the America’s and continental Europe.
Conclusion
Coffee is berries that bring life to exhaustion and helps us get through our daily lives. It's a good thing the goats in Kefa started to eat this red cherry like berry. It allowed the natives of the region to observe and see that these little berries gave the goats more energy and created a world wide chain reaction.