Coffee is produced from the seed of a small berry.
This berry is the fruit of a small tree grown in a narrow subtropical belt at altitudes up to 6000 feet. The coffee is picked by hand, and the average tree yields about one to two pounds of coffee per year. Variety Variety is the term used to describe the geographical region from where coffee comes. A Sumatra, Kenya, Costa Rica or a Java are varieties. The major areas coffee is grown are Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Indonesia.