They can be a pain... they don't like to be buried in the soil, and can take 3 months to germinate. So, take normal potting soil, keep it warm, maybe cover it with plastic to keep the humidity up... then wait.

My experience with coffee beans is that the fresher the beans, the faster the sprout. I picked a couple off a bush once, and they sprouted within a week or so. When I've mail-ordered seed, I've been lucky if one or two sprout after a month, if at all. If you have access to the beans on the bush, just wait until the berry is ripe (turns red). Then remove the pulp from the seed, and do the hot-water pour over, soak over night routine before planting. If you have a heat mat or some other way to keep the soil temperature up, that will help. Other than that, they seem pretty eager to sprout when they're fresh. Good luck!

Hey my name is Bobby and I have 4 raw coffee beans in a small lid with water in it, I placed them there on Friday last week and now I see a light pale spot on the ends of them now, well I bought them from a coffee supplier in Wisconsin earlier this month because Im trying to grow my own plants, but this other site that I visited told me you can't get plants from beans.