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coffee beans
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A cup of coffee holds over 1,000 different chemicals. Roasting turns the bland green seeds into the brown, fragrant beans we brew.
First appearedc. 1450 (576 yrs ago)
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A cup of coffee holds over 1,000 different chemicals. Roasting turns the bland green seeds into the brown, fragrant beans we brew.
From the big bang to coffee beans
The most direct chain from the start of the universe, following what things are made from and, for living things, what they evolved from. Each step shows when it first appeared.
big bang13.8 bn yrs ago
Hhydrogen13.8 bn yrs ago
water4.4 bn yrs ago
coffee plantdate unknown
coffee beansc. 1450