A Lesson in Coffee

I thought it would be appropriate to give you all a quick lesson in the history of coffee.
So as legend has it coffee was discovered accidentally by Kaldi, a goatherd in Ethiopia. He noticed his keep behaving a bit oddly after eating the cherry like fruit of a certain plant. Intrigued he decided to try it and subsequently experienced the first human coffee buzz. Now the story goes that while Kaldi was dancing with his goats a monk passed by and scolded him for partaking in "the devils fruit." The monks then soon realized that this bean came in pretty handy when needing to stay alert for extensive prayer sessions. These events are thought to be what led to the consumption of the coffee bean in Ethiopia.
Fast forward through the path of distibution which has been met with a lot of intrigue and controversy and we come to
Chief Boki, governor of Oahu. Chief Boki acquired coffee trees in Brazil and brought them to the Hawaiian Islands in 1825 by way of the British warship HMS Blonde. Then in 1828 Reverend Samuel Ruggles brought the first coffee plant to Kona from the ornamental gardens of the Hawaiian chiefs on Oahu. Presently Kona coffee is grown in an area 20 miles long and 2 miles wide on the slopes of Hualalai and Mauna Loa. The area contains approximately 600 independent farms ranging in size from 3-50 acres. Total Kona coffee acreage is over 2000 acres and annual production is generally over two million pounds.
Dragon's Lair Farm, the farm I am on is about 5 acres with 2000 coffee trees. This is a small farm that not only grows but also mills and roasts their beans.
Now that you all have my intro to coffee history you will be prepared to learn with me about the actual plant and cherry that will become the coffee you may drink.