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coffee

Coffea arabica

Roasted Arabica seed, ground to flour for the cezve; the grounds stay in the cup.

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The characteristic compounds documented in this ingredient, plus any the library traces to it in a recipe. Not an exhaustive phytochemistry.

C₂₀H₂₈O₃
cafestol
C₂₀H₂₈O₃

Diterpene from the bean oil, held back by a paper filter, not by a cezve.

C₈H₁₀N₄O₂
C₈H₁₀N₄O₂

The lift; a fine unfiltered cup extracts it efficiently.

C₁₆H₁₈O₉
chlorogenic acid
C₁₆H₁₈O₉

The green bean's main phenolic acid; roasting turns it bitter.

C₂₀H₂₆O₃
kahweol
C₂₀H₂₆O₃

Cafestol's near twin from the same oil.