A coffee bean is the seed of the coffee plant ( the pit inside the red or purple fruit). Even though they are seeds, they are referred to as beans because of their resemblance. The fruit coffee cherries or coffee berries, most commonly contain two stones with their flat sides together. In a crop of coffee, a small percentage of cherries contain a single bean, instead of the usual two. As coffee is one of the world’s most widely consumed beverages. It is considered a regularly consumed beverage in the world.