58 Coffee Coffea Coffee is a brewed beverage prepared from the roasted or baked seeds of several species of an evergreen shrub of the genus Coffea. The two most common sources of coffee beans are the highly regarded Coffea arabica, and the "robusta" form of the hardier Coffea canephora. The latter is resistant to the coffee leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix), but has a more bitter taste. Coffee plants are cultivated in more than 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Once ripe, coffee "berries" are picked, processed and dried to yield the seeds inside. The seeds are then roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor, before being ground and brewed to create coffee. 35189 Coffee 58.jpg image/jpeg 105802 2012-04-20T09:35:09Z 62 Coffee and coffee products Coffee Type 1 2011-02-09T00:37:18Z 2019-12-11T19:32:21Z false generic 13442 false FOOD00058