Coffea: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	coffee

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Close-up of a coffee plant branch with clusters of shiny, ripe red coffee berries among broad green leaves.

Coffee cherries

Close-up of shiny, dark brown roasted coffee beans scattered on a light surface.

Coffee cherries harvested

Rows of dense green coffee plants cover rolling hills on a coffee plantation on Basilan Island, Philippines, with distant mountains and water visible on the horizon.

Cluster of ripe and unripe coffee fruits in shades of red and green growing on a Coffea arabica plant with glossy green leaves.

coffee plantation

View of green hills densely planted with rows of coffee plants near Manizales, Colombia, with scattered trees among the crops.

Drying coffee beans

Rows of lush green coffee plants (Coffea arabica) grow on a hillside farm in Costa Rica, with a dirt path winding through the plantation and mountains in the distance.

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Key People

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Prospero Alpini

Italian scientist

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