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From Bean to Cup: The Story of Coffee Production
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Coffee beans are extracted from coffee cherries in a stage known as processing.

Once picked, coffee cherries must be processed immediately, meaning that the fruit of the cherry must be removed, leaving the seed, or "bean." There are three distinct methods of processing: wet processing, dry processing, and semi-dry processing.

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