I'm sure I've had jam made from it before, but I've never been able to find it again. Nothing useful comes up from searching for "coffee cherry jam" or "cascara jam" (or similar).

There is a theory that this is how coffee originated - someone over cooked the berry brew and roasted the beans.

I often wonder how coffee or chocolate were discovered since there are many steps involved in making each. It's not like someone long ago tasted a bean and thought it was great it's a complicated way to get to the end product.

Add olives to that. The raw fruit is inedible — at least the green fresh olive I once tried was.

I tend to prefer natural process coffees, where the beans are dried without the fruit being removed, which gives the coffee more of a fruit taste.

I wonder how the price of natural process coffee will change due to this.

Yeah, I roast at home and I get the most delicious natural process Ethiopian Sidama beans at like $5/pound. It would really be a bummer if those suddenly skyrocketed in price and became harder to obtain...

Can you recommend a place to order these beans? I'm interested to try roasting at home.

I can recommend Sweet Maria’s, they have quality beans and provide great resources about home roasting techniques.

Others mentioned sweetmarias.com which is great. I typically buy directly from a couple distributors at greencoffeebuyingclub.com. You can also check local roasteries in your area- sometimes they sell greens too (like Third Coast here in Austin).

Coffee roasting is a really fun hobby that has a surprising amount lore and detail. I highly recommend hanging around: https://www.home-barista.com/home-roasting/

^^ That forum has some really knowledgeable folks and lots of cool DIY projects to read about. Have fun!

Have you tried Yergacheffe? It’s even better in my opinion.

Yeah I love Yirgacheffe too, they are on my rotation :-)

Some years are better than others, coffee is a crop like any other that varies in quality. Some roasters stockpile beans from good crop years and are skilled at making a consistent product. When you buy your own greens and roast at home, flavors can vary quite a bit. Personally, I love the variability, and the adventure of trying new flavors and learning to roast different beans.

> The article isn't talking about coffee grounds though, but about the fruit that is produced by coffee plants around the seeds.

I know it's not, which is why I responded with "So I can't...".

If you just read the headline, you might assume it's referring to used coffee grounds.