Coffee... fruit or vegetable?

[Frosty]

They call them coffee beans, but they come from berries, so is coffee a vegetable juice or fruit juice?

And there are cocoa beans, but they grow on a tree and wikipedia says 'The fruit, called a cacao pod, is ovoid, 15–30 cm (6–12 in) long and 8–10 cm (3–4 in) wide, ripening yellow to orange, and weighs about 500 g (1 lb) when ripe. The pod contains 20 to 60 seeds, usually called "beans", embedded in a white pulp. The seeds are the main ingredient of chocolate, while the pulp is used in some countries to prepare a refreshing juice.' So is cocoa a fruit?

Either way, we need our fruits and vegetables, right? That's my theory and I'm sticking to it!

 

[Laurajean]

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My google results say this:

"The coffee is a cherry-like fruit that grows on tree, but the coffee you drink in the morning is the seed inside the "fruit".

So I guess you're drinking seed juice. Seeds are good for us, so I'd say you're all set!

 

[seismic wonder2]

Coffee is an extract from the roasted seed of the coffee tree fruit. Not a "juice".

 

[hennyannie]

Coffee is the only reason I have remained married 13 years. I think it may be sediative.

 

[Judy]

Still, seed extract is good for us if seeds are, right?

As for chocolate, that got fixed for chocaholics everywhere when they started recommending you eat a little of the 70% stuff every day, IMO. Or at least that's how I choose to see it.

 

[Laurajean]

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Picky picky. When I put fruits and veggies through my juicer, which is an extractor, I still call what I drink juice. Furthermore, extract is typically concentrated in form, where as coffee, once prepared with water is clearly not. So I still say juice applies!

 

[KristyHall]

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Picky picky. When I put fruits and veggies through my juicer, which is an extractor, I still call what I drink juice. Furthermore, extract is typically concentrated in form, where as coffee, once prepared with water is clearly not. So I still say juice applies!

You're all wrong

It's Ambrosia, from the gods

 

[krcote]

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Picky picky. When I put fruits and veggies through my juicer, which is an extractor, I still call what I drink juice. Furthermore, extract is typically concentrated in form, where as coffee, once prepared with water is clearly not. So I still say juice applies!

You're all wrong

It's Ambrosia, from the gods

 

[EweSheep]

Its a fruit. Or a nut.

 

[AllTheseCreatures]

How about infusion?

Ambrosia infused in water. Go-juice infused in my life.