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Coffee shrubs which belong to the madder (Rubiaceae) family are shrubs with evergreen leathery leaves white flowers and spherical reddish purple stone fruits known as coffee cherries. Originally native to East Africa coffee was cultivated for the first time in Brazil in 1740. The coffee shrub thrives in a tropical climate in shady locations with high rainfall in both mountainous areas (Coffea arabica) and lowlying areas (Coffea liberica Coffea robusta).

Green coffee beans are the seeds of the coffee shrub which are disengaged completely from the husk and to a considerable extent from the seed coat (silver skin). In general each coffee cherry contains two coffee beans which lie with their flat sides together and exhibit longitudinal furrows in the middle of these sides.