Green coffee beans are raw coffee beans that have not undergone the roasting process that gives coffee its characteristic flavor, aroma, and color. They are the seeds of the coffee cherry, harvested from coffee plants and then dried and processed to remove the outer layers. Unlike roasted coffee beans, green coffee beans have a pale green color and a grassy, earthy smell.
A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit. Even though the coffee beans are not technically beans, they are referred to as such because of their resemblance to true beans. The fruits â?? coffee cherries or coffee berries â?? most commonly contain two stones with their flat sides together. A small percentage of cherries contain a single seed, instead of the usual two. This is called a "peaberry". The peaberry occurs only between 10 and 15% of the time, and it is a fairly common (yet scientifically unproven) belief that they have more flavour than normal coffee beans.
[1] Like Brazil nuts (a seed) and white rice, coffee beans consist mostly of endosperm.
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