I don’t know about you but the first thing I do after arriving at work in the morning is grab a cup of coffee. Like many say ‘I can’t function without it’. In the UK alone over 50 million cups are consumed in just one day! So what exactly is it about coffee that makes us crave it so much?
Although originally native to the tropics, the coffea plant is now grown in over 70 countries around the world, producing two main types of coffee, Coffea Canephora (also known as Robusta) and Coffea Arabica. Harvested coffea fruit (also known as cherries)
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