also: なままめ
green coffee bean; unroasted coffee bean
Refers to coffee beans before roasting. Used in coffee industry and home roasting contexts.
I roast green coffee beans before brewing coffee.
This shop sells several kinds of green coffee beans.
Standard kanji spelling for unroasted coffee beans.
Compound of 生 (raw, unprocessed) and 豆 (bean). The reading なままめ is the standard kun'yomi combination; きまめ is a less common alternate reading.