Tuesday, March 3, 2009

What is coffee made of and how is it made?

What is coffee made of and how is it made?
Coffee is made from a berry called coffee berries, in these berries there is a small coffee bean, which are produced by several species of small evergreen bush from the genus Coffea (Dirty Jobs). The two most commonly grown species are Coffea canephora and Coffea arabica. These two beans are made in Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Once ripe, the coffee berries are picked by hand, then they are sorted by ripeness and color and the flesh of the berry is removed. Then they are washed, processed, and dried. The most popular way to dry them is to lay them out to sit on a cement patio and then with a special rake you can rake them over till beans are completely dry. The seeds are then roasted, and they undergo numerous chemical and physical changes. They are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor, usually 200 degrees Celsius. They are then ground and brewed to create coffee, which we drink. Coffee can be prepared and presented in a variety of ways. Coffee is a typically a brewed beverage which is prepared from roasted seeds, commonly called coffee beans, of the coffee plant. Depending on the color of the beans the coffee can be light, medium, or dark. This is the long process to make coffee edible for us to drink (Struning).

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