Coffee Seeds

Coffee seeds

Coffee is the most commonly used beverage among the world. It is made by coffee seeds. Coffee has been successfully produced in many parts of the world. The coffee fruit is oval, similar in size and shape to a small olive and turns red from green during ripening. The fruit is a fleshy berry, in which two seeds are imbedded. Blossoming and fruit setting occurs mainly 2 to 3 times a year. About 6 to 7 months are required to ripen the fruit.

Propagation is usually by seed and cuttings. The propagation of seed from the Arabica varietals gives plants that are true to type. Arabica trees are self-pollinating. To obtain a good plantation, coffee trees within a plantation with high yield and resistance to leaf rust characteristics can be selected and propagated vegetative by means of leaf cuttings. A coffee plantation can, by this method, gradually be replaced with better trees or a new plantation consisting of potentially good trees established.

Dried seeds “beans” are roasted, grounded and brewed to make one of the two most important beverages. Coffee is widely used as a flavouring, as in ice cream, pastries, candies and liqueurs. It
is a source of caffeine and dried ripe seeds are used as a stimulant, nervine and diuretic, acting on the central nervous system, kidneys, heart and muscles. Coffee pulp and parchment are used as manures and mulches, and occasionally they are fed to cattle.