Ethiopian Cherries
by Iryna Goodall
Title
Ethiopian Cherries
Artist
Iryna Goodall
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Photograph
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Close up of colorful coffee berries, commonly called coffee cherries, growing in Downtown of Prattville, Alabama.
The coffee berry plant has its origins in ancient Ethiopia. One of the earliest writings to mention it came from a Persian physician and philosopher circa the 10th century who described a beverage prepared with an infusion of a fruit called bunn, the Ethiopian name for a coffee berry. By the 15th century, the coffee berry plant was being grown in Arabia, and from there it spread to Persia, Egypt, Syria, and Turkey. By the 17th century, coffee made its way to Europe and was becoming popular across the continent, and the Dutch founded the first successful European-run coffee plantation away from the Middle East on their colony of Java, Indonesia, later establishing plantations on Sumatra and other areas of Indonesia. Finally, coffee berry plants reached the New World circa the early 18th century.
Second place in the "Photographs Of Food Growing In The Wild" hosted by Bonny Puckett 08/17/2021.
Third place in the "Garden Berries" contest sponsored by "Home Grown Fruits And Veggies" group 10/27/2021.
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February 28th, 2015
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