A Coffee berry/cherry is where the journey to your delicious cup of coffee begins!!
Coffee Berries or Coffee Cherries, are small rounded fruits about the size of grapes and grow in clusters along the branches of the coffee plant.
Coffee berries
Upon maturity, the cherries turn from green to a deep red color. The skin of the fruit is smooth, taut and shiny with a bitter flavor, while the flesh is very sweet, tender and juicy, with blended notes of watermelon, hibiscus, cherries, raspberries and cranberries.
At the center of the fruit are two blue-green seeds, which are the fresh form of coffee beans.
The Coffee Berry plant has its origins in ancient Ethiopia. Legend has it that a goat herder named Kaldi who after stepping out into his field was shocked to see his goats missing. In the search for his missing goats, he went out to the forest only to find them gathered around a coffee tree dancing wildly. To his surprise, the source of their excitement was a red cherry hanging from several coffee trees. Intrigued by this, Kaldi himself tried the strange cherry and soon found himself dancing alongside his four-legged friends. He shared his discovery of this 'miraculous berry' with monks from a nearby monastery.
The legend goes on to say that the monks, initially skeptical, wondered why such a simple berry would have such a profound effect on man. Believing it contained satanic supernatural powers, the monks cast the berries into the fire as to 'exorcise their powers,' but they could not resist the coffee's pleasant aroma coming out of the fire. As a result, they ordered that the beans be drunk with hot water "so the goodness may flow through the liquid" and soon the beverage was used exclusively by monks in monasteries.
Within no time, coffee became a great beverage to church since it allowed monks to work late into the night translating Biblical scriptures!
At African Coffee Club, we have freshly roasted coffee beans ready to be delivered to your door. Just tell us your preference and we will make it happen.
You can choose to receive your coffee every 2, 4, or 6 weeks; if you want a single bag, we have that as well!😍
