You might know how a coffee bean looks, tastes, and smells. But do you know how it's classified? For example, do you know if ...

Riff co-founder Paul Evers sits at a table of dried coffee fruit products at the company's Bend, Ore., taproom on Jan. 10, 2020. Emily Cureton / OPB.

“Coffee fruit is hand-picked on coffee farms—as it has been done for over 1,000 years—and it is known by the farmers that the fruit is rejuvenating…and those who pick it have younger ...

Coffee fruit is hand-picked on coffee farms—as it has been done for over 1,000 years—and it is known by the farmers that the fruit is rejuvenating.

In fact, 60% of the sweet, fragrant coffee we drink comes from the fruit of the arabica plant; the remaining 40% of coffee is a different species, coffea canephora, ...

The most common ways a farmer treats coffee cherries (the name of the plant’s fruit) are called Natural Process, Washed or Wet Processed, and Honey Processed or Pulped Natural.

My coffee ritual these days: First, make sure you buy some actually nice coffee! I swear it's worth it. For brew method, lately I use a French press.