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minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-215 hours agoYeah, so, coffee beans are not actually beans by the way. They’re the pit of the coffee berry. Someone saw this: …and decided absolutely not am I brewing a tea from that. I’ll pit them and then throw the pits into a fire and then I’ll brew a tea coffee with that.
minus-squareinfinitesunrise@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoI think it was more, they chewed the leaves for a subtle caffeine high and one day they chewed the pits and got a way less subtle caffeine high and realized they were more potent. Roasting probably got introduced to the process much later.
Yeah, so, coffee beans are not actually beans by the way. They’re the pit of the coffee berry.
Someone saw this:
…and decided absolutely not am I brewing a tea from that. I’ll pit them and then throw the pits into a fire and then I’ll brew a
teacoffee with that.I think it was more, they chewed the leaves for a subtle caffeine high and one day they chewed the pits and got a way less subtle caffeine high and realized they were more potent. Roasting probably got introduced to the process much later.