Coffee production years after planting for a coffee plant to produce coffee beans that are ripe enough to harvest. The plant eventually grows small white blossoms that drop and are replaced by green berries. These green berries will become a deep red color as they ripen. It takes about 9 months for the green cherries to reach their deepest red color. Because this kind of harvest is labor-intensive, and thus more costly, it is used primarily to harvest the finer arabica beans. The laborers who pick coffee by hand receive payment by the basketful. , payment per basket is between US$2.00 to
History of coffee reference to the drink's reputation as an appetite suppressant. The word "qahwah" is sometimes alternatively traced to the Arabic "quwwa" ("power, energy"), or to Kaffa, a medieval kingdom in Ethiopia whence the plant was exported to Arabia. These etymologies for "qahwah" have all been disputed, however. The name "qahwah" is not used for the berry or plant (the products of the region), which are known in Arabic as "bunn" and in Oromo as "būn". Semitic had a root "qhh" "dark color", which became a natural designation for the beverage. According to this analysis, the feminine form "qahwah" (also meaning "dark