By David Hall
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How Is Coffee Produced?
Coffee beans are one of the most widely consumed and valuable commodities in the world. It’s history can be traced to the 15th century in Ethiopia, where people used the beans as currency. The coffee tree belongs to the Rubiaceae family and is a perennial evergreen plant. The fruit of the coffee tree is a cherry and contains two seeds. The coffee tree is an evergreen and the berries take between 10 and 15 months to ripen after they have been pollinated..
How is coffee grown and produced?
Before a coffee tree is a coffee tree, it is a seed. Coffee beans begin as a seed, which grows into a seedling, a sapling, a mature tree, and finally a cherry. The cherry looks like a blueberry and grows right at the tip of a branch. When ripe, it turns a deep, brilliant red. Early in the morning, the pickers will arrive, hoping to harvest as many cherries as possible before the heat of the day. They have to pick the cherries before they turn sour. The cherries are then taken to a wet mill, where they are washed and then dried. They are then soaked and pulped. All the layers of the cherry will be separated, and the thin skin will be removed. After a series of rinses, the seeds are removed. The remains are the coffee beans. These beans are then dried and taken to a storage facility, where they are stored until they are shipped out to roasters..
How is coffee produced now?
Coffee is produced by two methods, one involving fermentation and drying, the other involving drying alone. The dried green fruit of the coffee cherry is the only product of commercial value. The dried cherries are then sorted by hand, their parchment skin removed, and their seeds or “beans” cleaned and roasted, then ground and brewed to create the beverage known as coffee..
Who produces coffee?
Coffee is grown in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. Brazil is the largest producer of coffee with the most popular brands produced there. Coffee is also grown in Central America, Southeast Asia and Africa..
Where is coffee mainly produced?
Coffee is produced in more than 70 countries around the world. Most of the coffee produced today is consumed in the country where it is produced. In the last few years however, coffee production has been declining in some of the major coffee producing countries. In order to meet demand, coffee producers have been forced to increase their production from other countries, where coffee had never been produced before, have been added to the list of coffee producing nations..
