Many of us wake up in the morning looking forward to a hot water extract of the roasted seeds from Coffea arabica L., a.k.a. coffee. Coffee fruits are fleshy berries, each containing two seeds which are pressed together so that the inner side of each one is flattened. The coffee beverage is made from the ground, roasted seeds (coffee beans) that are removed from the coffee cherries (a.k.a. coffee berries). When the seeds were collected, the rest of the fruit was usually discarded but now the skin care industry has made the coffee fruit a hot commodity. I think it was a great idea to use the up-to-now discarded coffee fruit, because it contains chlorogenic and caffeic acids (antioxidant, anti-inflammatory), ferulic acid (antioxidant), quinic acid (antioxidant, antiviral), trigonelline (antioxidant, anticancer, antibacterial), proanthocyanidins, caffeine, mannans and arabinoglactanall of them beneficial to our skin and our bodies. The powder extract, incorporated into a cream, will provide antioxidant activity, as advertised in products such as KonaRed and Coffeeberry (in Revale cream). Our coffee fruit extract is extracted from Kona coffee cherries and comes as a freeze dried powder. Use very little in a water-based serum or cream, it will go a long way. As for any freeze-dried extract, please keep tightly closed in a dry cool place.

Each tube (1 gram) is enough for 4 oz of cream. mix well until no particles can be seen. For a lighter color cream, add just a bit of powder; it is very rich in antioxidants and very little will go a long way.

Note: If the powder adsorbs even very little water from the air it may harden. If this happens, simply add a few drops of water and the powder will dissolve. For a more complete cream, we recommend adding a couple of drops of our Antioxidant Booster.

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• Author: Mark
  After doing a little bit of late night research trying to find out which antioxidant would be the best one for me to use instead of the over-rated Idebenone, I stumbled upon a clinical study that noted Coffee Berry/Fruit as more potent. I then searched for products containing this ingredient. I learnt that there were only two department store companies selling products with this antioxidant. Priori was selling a serum at a cost of $136.00 now while Priori has done great things for my skin in the past I was not about to spend all that money on one product. So instead bought the ingredient here for a HUGE saving of over $130.00!!
  
  I haven’t used this ingredient yet but just thought it was crucial to mention how much you will save by going the DIY route with Skin Actives.