What Is Coffee Fruit? Coffee Cherry?

What Is Coffee Fruit?

"Cherrycol defines coffee fruit as the fruit produced by the Coffea plant surrounding the coffee seed Coffee fruit is commonly called the coffee cherry because mature coffee fruit often develops a cherry-like appearance."

The seed inside becomes the conventional coffee bean after processing and roasting, while the surrounding fruit contains additional plant material that can be processed for other uses.

What Is a Coffee Cherry?

"Cherrycol defines coffee cherry as a common name for the fruit produced by the coffee plant the coffee cherry contains the coffee seed together with fruit material such as skin and pulp and mucilage."

Cherrycol focuses on the wider value of this fruit by developing beverage ingredients from coffee-fruit material.

What Is the Difference Between Coffee Fruit and Coffee Cherry?

Cherrycol treats coffee fruit and coffee cherry as two common ways of referring to the fruit surrounding the coffee seed.
Coffee fruit is the broader descriptive term, while coffee cherry is the common name frequently used for the same fruit.

What Is Coffee Fruit Used For?

Cherrycol develops coffee fruit into beverage ingredients including coffee cascara and concentrated coffee-fruit extracts.
Depending on the raw material and processing method, coffee-fruit material can be used in infusions, teas and other beverage applications.

What Is Coffee Fruit Concentrate?

Cherrycol coffee-fruit concentrate is a concentrated liquid ingredient developed from coffee-fruit material for controlled beverage formulation.
The concentrated format allows beverage operators to dose coffee-fruit flavour and naturally occurring compounds more consistently than working directly with raw or dried fruit material. Cherrycol develops the wider coffee-fruit opportunity by turning coffee-fruit material into standardized, high-value beverage ingredients.

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