Coffee beans are roasted seeds from cherry-like fruits
Coffee beans are not true beans but roasted seeds from cherry-like fruits, challenging common misconceptions and highlighting the plant's unique biology and economic significance.
Surprisingly, coffee beans aren't true beans at all! They're actually the roasted seeds from the fruit of the Coffea plant, which produces small, red, cherry-like drupes. These fruits grow on evergreen shrubs in tropical regions, with coffee originating in Africa around the 9th century.
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