Typically,
the coffee cherry grows two halves of a bean within a single cherry.
Not exact matches
Kona
coffee beans are
grown inside a
cherry that is normally discarded with the skin to reveal the bean inside.
However, there was
coffee growing in the region, and I picked up
cherry from a semi-tended plot owned by the Lodge at Pico Bonito that had both
coffee and cacao, as well as some at Pico Bonito itself.
Hualalai
Coffees are all Estate
grown Kona
coffee cherries.
Such variables — combined with the way the
cherries are processed after being picked — contribute to the distinctions between
coffee beans from countries,
growing regions and plantations worldwide.
Arabica Kona, which is believed to have originated in Kefa and is the oldest known beans whereas
coffee canephora (robusta), which is thought to originate in Uganda and
grows in harsh climates where arabica will normally produces
cherries.
Farms hosting our tour included Front Porch Farm, who
grow a variety of vegetables as well as grass - fed beef; and Riverview Orchard who
grow peaches, nectarines, apples,
cherries, and have a
coffee roasting business!