The coffee cherries had been also probably eaten raw mainly because the pulp is sweet and has the additional benefit of caffeine.

Several other writings taken from the contributor : Visit HereCoffee - From Food to Drink.The historical past of the discovery of coffee is rife with speculation. Its transition from food to beverage is equally open to interpretation and historical variances. Early European explorers and botanists considered that Ethiopians chewed raw coffee beans for power once finding their grazing goats consuming the coffee berry. They would pound the ripened coffee berries and combine them with animal

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