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Plant of the Day

Friday 17 January 2020

Folks you may have noticed that a large number of posts arrived at once! That is because I have been away with YellowWood Adventures (http://www.yellowwoodadventures.com) and the Ethiopian Coffee Company beyond reliable access to the internet. I went to investigate coffee growing in Ethiopia which is the natural habitat of Coffea arabica (coffee). Here wild plants are being harvested as Forest Coffee which accounts for only 5-10% of total Ethiopian production but allows for high biodiversity. This area of forest included a large, venerable tree which the owner’s grandfather had known. Coffee needs the shade of larger trees to flourish.

Coffee Fruit, cherry, red perfect... 

Plant of the Day

Saturday 18 January 2020

At the Tatmara Coffee Farm, Ethiopia, the Coffea arabica (coffee) is just beginning to flower in the forest, it will take nine months to become a ripe coffee cherry. The previous crop have been dried on racks and are ready to go for processing to remove the sun shrivelled outer coating and reveal the bean. The effort needed at every stage of coffee growing, harvesting, processing, roasting and preparing is often forgotten - all affect the taste of the final cup.