Coffee is a stimulant plant. A cup of coffee starts with the bright red fruits of the coffee plant. The seeds of these fruits are the coffee beans, which are roasted and then used to prepare coffee. This page provides some basic information about coffee, together with some coffee photos, coffee proverbs, and coffee recipes, but separate pages are available for Arabica coffee and Robusta coffee.
| Scientific name: | Coffea sp. |
| English: | Coffee |
| Dutch: | Koffie |
| Dutch: | Koffieplant |
| Spanish: | Café |
| Spanish: | Árbol de café |
| French: | Café |
| German: | Kaffee |
| German: | Kaffeestrauch |
| Italian: | Caffè |
| Other: | Buna (Ethiopian name) |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Coffee species: | There are about 10 species of coffee. The 3 most commonly used are Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica), Robusta coffee (Coffea canephora), and Liberica cofee (Coffea liberica). |
| Uses: | Coffee is a stimulant. From ripe fruits the flesh of the berry is removed (usually by machine). The seeds (coffee beans) are then fermented to remove the slimy layer which still covers the bean. Then the beans are washed to remove fermentation residue and dried. The green seeds are then roasted before they are used to brew coffee. There are many different ways to brew coffee: boiled, steeped, or pressured. |
Irish coffee
Ingredients:
1 cup hot coffee, 45 ml Irish whisky, 1 or 2 teaspoons of sugar, 2
tablespoons whipped cream
Instructions:
Mix coffee, whisky and sugar together in a mug or glass and put the
whipped cream on top.
Last modified: 20 August 2010 - Copyright © 1995-2010 by Hein Bijlmakers - Contact me