Cascara (coffee cherry)

Coffea arabica

infusion · fruit

Dried skins and pulp of the coffee cherry, steeped like a fruity tea tasting of cherry and hibiscus.

Origin

Yemen, Ethiopia and Latin America

Season (United States)

imported · all year round

Preparation

Not to be confused with cascara sagrada, a laxative bark from the pharmacy with the same name.

Did you know?

In Yemen, it has been drunk for centuries as qishr, flavored with ginger.