Igama elithi "genus Coffea" libhekisela kusigaba se-taxonomic sezitshalo esifaka isitshalo sekhofi. I-Coffea iyingxenye yomndeni we-Rubiaceae futhi iqukethe izinhlobo ezingaphezu kwe-100 zezitshalo eziqhakazayo, iningi lazo ezitholakala ezindaweni ezishisayo zase-Afrika. Isitshalo sekhofi saziwa kakhulu ngembewu yaso, esetshenziselwa ukukhiqiza ikhofi. I-genus Coffea ihlanganisa izinhlobo ezimbalwa ezitshalwa ngenani lazo lezohwebo nezokupheka, okuhlanganisa i-Coffea arabica, i-Coffea robusta, ne-Coffea liberica.