Coffee beans — roasted seeds of Coffea arabica or robusta. Arabica is mellow and aromatic; robusta is bitter and caffeine-heavy. Brewed worldwide.
Where it comes from
Coffee, roasted from the seeds of a berry first cultivated in Ethiopia and Yemen, spread through the Arab world and then the globe, spawning the coffeehouse and a daily ritual for billions.
In the kitchen
Ground and brewed for drinking, the beans also flavour desserts, rubs and braises with deep, roasted bitterness.
Across cuisines
Coffee beans — the Yemeni-Somali spiced coffee tradition with cardamom and cinnamon; a hospitality ritual.
Coffee beans — for the Habesha jebena buna coffee ceremony, the social heart of Eritrean hospitality.
Coffee beans — for spiced coffee with cardamom and ginger; the Yemeni-Djiboutian hospitality ritual.
