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Coffee Cherries
Coffee is a fruit.
The "beans" you grind and brew are the seeds within the coffee fruit. Each fruit usually contains 2 seeds.
Variety / Varietal / Cultivar
Most specialty coffee comes from the coffee family "Arabica". There are multiple plant types within the family Arabica. Some common ones are: Typica, Caturra, Bourbon, Gesha, SL-28, Heirloom, etc...
Although not commonly found in specialty coffee, there are also other family types of coffee such as Robusta, Eugenioides, Liberica, etc...
Anaerobic
Anaerobic means: without oxygen. In coffee this usually refers to a processing technique where the coffee is fermented in a low oxygen environment.