It’s the coffee before being roasted. It’s the raw material processed by the roasters. It is classified according to the country of origin, the farm, the number of defects and faults (quality classification), the species and botanical variety, the processing method, the crop, the shape and size of the beans (screen), the colour of the beans, the sensory characteristics. The green coffee bean is the seed of the coffee plant. It is the pit inside the fruit (drupe) often referred to as a cherry. Except in special cases in whi ch the fruit contains one bean, the coffee cherries most commonly contain two beans.