Coffee Coffee Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death and sweet as love. It bears fruit after about four years and continues to do so for two or three decades.
Coffee is prepared by harvesting the ripe fruit and then processing it.
It is more intensive and expensive but degrades the flavour less. The beans are then hulled , to remove the dry outer protective layer and then polished . At this stage the beans are green and are usually shipped in this form. Roasting the green beans converts them into the brown beans that are used by consumers. Coffee is generally made up by infusing the beans with hot water to give the lovely brown nectar.