The earliest use of coffee beans was to chew them rather than to boil them to drink.
Quakers are bad coffee beans.
They may be blighted or discolored, not yet ripe, or underdeveloped or malformed. If too many of these get into your coffee, the coffee's flavor will be affected. The effects of advertising have led many people to believe that Columbia coffees are some of the best. While the Supremos have a rich, full flavor and mellow body and the Excelsos are more mellow with a mild body, Columbia really produces a bean more neutral, and even perhaps bland, compared to other countries because it opts for quantity or quality. Unroasted green coffee beans are aged in special warehouses for up to seven years.