Africa - Coffee Bush

A shrub cultivated all over the tropical world, the coffee bush produces a fruit that, once ripe, bears two seeds we call coffee beans. The legend of the coffee bush dates back to the Middle Ages. It is said that a Yemeni shepherd, baffled by the unusual energy of his goats, noticed they were feeding on the beans from a small, mysterious tree. Intrigued, he brewed some of them and discovered a subtly aromatic, deliciously energising beverage known worldwide today as coffee.

Green coffee bean extract is traditionally used for its energising, antioxidant properties.

“Green” coffee bean extract is obtained from sun-drying and lightly roasting the beans. This extremely simple preparation process conserves the active molecules at the root of its energising, antioxidant properties