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Coffee Cherries

Coffee cherries, or coffee berries are used in the process of creating Coffee, these are fermented inside of water filtration units and turned into green coffee beans. The importance of coffee can't be understated on Mars, whether to stave off exhaustion or getting used to the ever-so slightly longer days of Mars.

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Green Coffee Beans

Green coffee beans usually refer to un-roasted mature coffee beans, which have been fermented in the water filter. The typical next step for these berries is to be roasted within the C.A.D with one of the heating modules inside. The complicated process for the creation of coffee has kept it a valuable resource on Mars.

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Roasted Coffee Beans

Roasted beans are shipped to industrial coffee modules known colloquially as Grind n' Brew buildings. These buildings work as martian coffee shops, grinding and brewing coffee by itself and serving it to the settlers of Duskworks.

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Ground Coffee

Ground brown powder, with a familiar flavorful scent. This is the semi-final step to the coffee brewing process. The next step involves being mixed with water and brought to boil in order to fully dissolve the brown powder into the liquid, creating a highly caffeinated drink.

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Bamboo

The largest member of the grass family, bamboo is an incredibly fast growing fibrous plant. It is used commonly in creating paper and other normally wood products due to its fast growth and strength.

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Sorghum

Sorghum is a type of flowering plant, some of these species are grown as cereals for human consumption and some in pastures for animals. The sorghum on Mars is used in the creation of drinks and food as well as creating PLA, a form of plastic.

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Fermented Sorghum

Fermented Sorghum is a form of processed Sorghum after being processed inside a Water Filtration plant, it is used in creating PLA or turned into an alcoholic drink such as Baijiu

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Paper

Paper is a very common material and is used in all sorts of applications where information needs to be written down or a very light, fragile, flexible material is required. On Mars, it is created out of greenhouse-grown bamboo.

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Mushrooms

Mushrooms, an edible variant is useful in creating Mushroom Teas and Mushroom Cakes from a combination of mushroom and soy materia.

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  • Grow Mushrooms (Greenhouse)

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