Learn all about coffee: its origin story, the types of beans and roasts, storage tips and brewing techniques, coffee and health, and sustainability.

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Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted, ground coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content, but decaffeinated coffee is also commercially available. There are also various coffee substitutes.

Coffee is a beverage brewed from the roasted and ground seeds of the tropical evergreen coffee plant. Coffee is one of the three most popular beverages in the world (alongside water and tea), and it is one of the most profitable international commodities. Where is coffee grown?

In addition to its energizing effects, coffee has been linked to a long list of potential health benefits, giving you all the more reason to get brewing. This article takes an in-depth look at 9...

Check out the lifecycle of coffee to learn more about coffee’s journey from planting seeds to recycling used coffee grounds. While most coffee cherries have two beans, in about 5% of the world’s coffee, there is only one bean. This is called a peaberry (or a caracol, which is “snail” in Spanish).

In U.S. supermarkets, you’ll typically find two types of coffee beans for sale: Arabica and Robusta. You may be wondering, is there a difference between Arabica and Robusta? Oh, there definitely is. Let’s get right to it. Arabica is the most popular type of coffee, hands down.