is coffee a fruit?
For the coffee chain, see The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. A coffee seed, commonly called coffee bean is a seed of the coffee plant, and is the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit. Even though the coffee beans are seeds, they are referred to as beans because of their resemblance to true beans. The fruits â coffee cherries or coffee berries â most commonly contain two stones with their flat sides together.