Talk:Coffee processing

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Is cherry the commonly used term when referring to the coffee plants fruit? It seems incorrect to me in a strictly botanical sense. A cherry is technically a drupe, which by definition has a single seed. To use cherry as a fruit type, when it is itself already classified as a drupe seems odd. It is especially odd, when the coffee plants fruit does not even fit in the same fruit type as the cherry. In my botany class we referred to the coffee plants fruit as a berry, which I believe is technically the correct classification.

I do not mean to be overly critical, and cherry may indeed be the standard term, but I believe that it is incorrect based on botanical terminology. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.67.122.6 (talk) 04:12, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Article is about roasting not processing

While this is a good start on an article about coffee roasting, processing refers to the post harvest conversions of the coffee cherry into green coffee. Wet processing is the primary method. Dry processing is less frequent and commonly used in some regions with dry arid climates. Ronchy 23:34, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Coffee Roasting Moved

Moved the information on roasting to a new article Coffee Roasting. This article now reflects coffee processing. This is a start. I plan to add more detailed information and I have photos of many of the steps that I will release under creative commons. Retained the section on decaffeination.Ronchy 03:16, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] copyright violation removed

I have removed a large amount of text that was copied into this article on 23 November 2006 from the website http://www.hollandbymail.com/coffee/coffee_bean_to_cup.html. I reverted to a previous version that does not appear to be a copyright violation. FreplySpang 21:46, 2 December 2006 (UTC)