Coffee has not always been perceived as “good for you”, to say the least. For decades it sat on the same list as smoking and drinking, but new research debunks this association. Drink up!
Coffee was first harvested and processed out of necessity, not for taste. Fresh coffee cherries rot quickly, so early growers learned to dry the fruit or the seed to preserve it. The natural (dry) process emerged first because it required nothing beyond sun, air, and time.