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Coffea arabica - Coffee Tree

By Delonix1

Coffea arabica - Coffee Tree (Coffea arabica - Coffee Tree)

23 Nov, 2008
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My Coffee Tree is loaded with green coffee cherries.
This Coffee Tree is in 3 or 4 stages of developing coffee cherries. Coffee cherries are the fruit that contains the coffee seeds which are called "coffee beans"...which are roasted to make coffee. It's 6 1/2 feet tall and is always in fruit.

The fruit is edible and no it doesn't taste like coffee. : > )
Pic taken today

Comments on this photo

Skippy5869

Sorry, I asked you this question on the first picture I saw and you answered it here. Do you roast your own beans?

23 Nov, 2008

Terratoonie

This is so fascinating.
I've had many cups of coffee, but not really known about the Coffee Tree. :o)

25 Dec, 2008

Delonix1

Terratoonie,

I'm glad you've enjoyed the photo. It's really pretty small tree...however, the leaves have a lot a brown-tipping from our hard water. When it rains here it leaches out the soil and the leaves come out very nice and beautiful without the brown tips.

25 Dec, 2008