Coffee - The King of All Drinks - Coffee - The King of All Drinks The King of All Drinks - Coffee (Xoffea arabica Linn) Coffee If you take a walk in the coffee plantation in May or June, you will find that the coffee beans are gathering closely in their green leave stalks. The beans grow one next to another; they are so numerous that they bend the small branches of the tree. Young beans are green, and look like jade or pearls; ripen ones are red and bright, and look like red rubies.