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Harvesting Coffee At harvest time, coffee trees are laden with bright red coffee cherries. Ripe coffee cherries are cranberry. An unroasted coffee bean is simply the pit of the coffee cherry. The skin of the coffee cherry is very thick, with a slightly bitter flavour. The fruit beneath the skin, however, is intensely sweet. The texture of this layer of fruit is similar to a grape. Beneath the fruit is the parchment, covered with a thin, slippery, honey-like layer called "mucilage." The parchment of the coffee cherry serves as a protective pocket for the seed, much like the small pockets that protect the seeds of an apple. Removing the parchment, two translucent bluish green coffee beans are revealed, coated with a very thin layer called the "silverskin."While most coffee cherries contain two beans, 5 to 10 percent of the time, only one bean is produced in the cherry. This is called a "peaberry." Buying Coffee for Starbucks A highly selective process that is based on its performance in the cup, buying Coffee for Starbucks is a unique job.               Kenya Buying Coffee for Starbucks Serena Organic Blend The Roast Story Gold Coast Blend Sulawesi Ethiopia Sidamo House Blend - Decaf Shade Grown Mexico - Decaf LightNote Blend Colombia Nariño Supremo Decaf Komodo Dragon Blend LightNote Blend - Decaf Tasting Tips Caffè Verona - Decaf Organic Shade Grown Mexico Sumatra -Decaf Growing Story Espresso Roast Espresso Roast - Decaf Komodo Dragon Blend Italian Roast History of Coffee Caffè Verona House Blend Coffee Blending Yukon Blend Arabian Mocha Sanani Starbucks Breakfast Blend Guatemala Antigua Coffee Trees Pike Place Roast Growing Regions Sumatra French Roast

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