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      I tried it. It was strange, not really like coffee at all. More like a really strong earthy tea? Hard to describe. It was pretty good and it was worth it for the experience but I’d never bother to seek it out again.

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          Ha, We had to go on an adventure to get it. We had to contact the roasting company, go to their warehouse in Brooklyn where they gave us raw beans in a paper towel no less, take them to the shop in Manhattan and wait while they roasted them before they brewed it for us.

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      Peppers have humans to thank for a lot of their evolutionary succes. Without us they would never have spread as far around the globe

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    As I found out from YouTuber NileRed, raw coffee seeds don’t taste like coffee at all. It requires very careful roasting to chemically convert the seed into coffee.

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      Yeah, that’s the funniest thing to me. There’s an actual fruit that we could eat. Instead, we take the seed, roast it, grind it and soak it in boiling water. Then we drink the water.

      You couldn’t disrespect the coffee plant more, if you tried.

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      I’ve never had the cherries raw, but I’ve had tea made from the cherries called cascara. It’s pretty damn tasty.