Also indexed as: Arabian, Columbian, Costa Rican, Decaffeinated, Espresso, Ethiopian, Filtered, Freeze-Dried, French Press, Guatemalan, Indonesian, Instant, Jamaican, Kenyan, Mocha, Panamanian, Percolated, Peruvian, Powdered, Sumatran, Turkish

Coffee is made from the seed of a cherry from an evergreen tree that grows in a subtropical belt that circles the globe, including Latin America, the Caribbean Islands, Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and Indonesia. The coffee plant produces cherries that contain two seeds—what we know as coffee beans. The cherries are picked, and the seeds are removed, roasted, packaged, and shipped to local stores and coffee shops. It is said that coffee was discovered by a goat herder in Ethiopia—when he noticed that his normally placid herd was uncommonly frisky after nibbling certain berries, he munched a few himself and had the same peppy reaction. Word spread, and in short order, the coffee “fruit” became a popular snack.