Coffee

Coffee
Flowering branches of Coffea arabica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Coffeeae
Genus:	Coffea L.
Type species
Coffea arabica L.

Coffee is prized for its caffeine-rich seeds, which are roasted and brewed into the well-known beverage, also called coffee. Other parts of the plant contain caffeine as well, however, and could be used as food or drink.

Edible products

• Seed (roasted)
• Fruit flesh (the coffee cherry)
• Leaves (could be brewed into a tea)

Acknowledgements

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Caffea, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.