How Are Coffee Beans Grown?

Coffee beans are basically not beans. It is the seed of a coffee plant. It is the stony part found in the inside of the red or purple fruit of the coffee plant.  The coffee berries or coffee cherries (read fruits) contain two seeds or stones lying with their flat sides held together.

Coffee beans comprise of endosperm which contains caffeine which can be from 0.8 per cent to 2.5 per cent.  In fact, the presence of caffeine is the numero-uno reason for most people to cultivate coffee plants. Coffee beans are exported from coffee growing areas too. We all know that there are different kinds of coffee depending on the varieties of the coffee plant. The seeds of coffee or coffee beans are instrumental in the characteristic taste of different kinds of coffee. Incidentally the coffee beans of "Coffee Arabica" which comprise 75 per cent of the coffee trade in the world is the most in demand.