Patent ID: 7959957

Claim:
A method of producing a cosmetic product comprising providing or preparing a crude extract of whole coffee cherries, wherein the whole coffee cherries are optionally quick-dried whole coffee cherries; and combining the crude extract with a cosmetic composition, wherein the optionally quick-dried whole coffee cherries are prepared by drying whole coffee cherries to a residual water content of equal or less than 20 weight (wt.) % within 48 hours after harvesting the whole coffee cherries, wherein the whole coffee cherries are (1) sub-ripe whole coffee cherries having between 5% green color and 25% green color or (2) whole coffee cherries having less than 10% green color and having surface defects that cover less than 5% of the surface area of the whole coffee cherries, and wherein the crude extract is an aqueous crude extract or a water/organic solvent crude extract.