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Despite petty squabbles about "where" and "when", most agree that coffee had been used as a beverage and/or food in Ethiopia long before the stories of its "discovery' began to circulate. With that in mind, however, no self-respecting coffee site would be complete without including the fable about how coffee was discovered. I’ve embellished somewhat, but here goes: Once upon a time, on a planet far, far away, uh, err, I mean to say in a distant country called Ethiopia, there was an excellent goat herder named Kaldi, who suddenly awakened from a rather distressing dream to discover his goats behaving quite conspicuously. One of his old bucks was kicking up dust and cavorting around like a kid goat and the rest of the herd, well they just weren’t at all themselves.
Upon further investigation he discovered that they were quickly and happily consuming the berries of a native bush. Caffeine Contents: 8 oz. Part I: The Beauty of Growing Coffee Trees in Your Home « Thanksgiving Coffee Company Blog. When I was growing up in the Bronx in the 50′s my mom would stick three toothpicks into an avocado pit, balance the pit on the rim of a water filled glass, submerging the bottom half in the water.
In a few weeks up would pop a plant with iridescent green leaves. Today, 60 years later, I follow in my moms footsteps and plant coffee seeds in a 2 inch wide flower pot, wait 3 months for the seeds (beans) to pop up, and then nurture the seedling through three successive repottings into larger containers until the tree is 7 feet tall and producing thousands of beautiful red cherries.
Me with a three year old coffee tree. Note the small amount of the deep red cherries of the trees first crop sprinkled throughout the tree. Last month I received a letter from Woody Hastings . He wrote to me last month and sent along these photos by way of a “tree progress report . “Hi Paul, Coffee-tree. Coffee 101: Coffee plants. Most people who drink coffee don't know much about where it comes from.
But that doesn't give you the right to remain an ignoramus! Coffee plants are actually trees, believe it or not. Most farmers keep the trees rather short to make harvesting easier. Coffee: What is the best way to grow coffee plants in pots. Coffee. Coffee is a brewed beverage prepared from the roasted or baked seeds of several species of an evergreen shrub of the genus Coffea.
The two most common sources of coffee beans are the highly regarded Coffea arabica, and the "robusta" form of the hardier Coffea canephora. The latter is resistant to the coffee leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix), but has a more bitter taste. Coffee plants are cultivated in more than 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Once ripe, coffee "berries" are picked, processed and dried to yield the seeds inside. The seeds are then roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor, before being ground and brewed to create coffee.
Coffee is slightly acidic (pH 5.0–5.1[1]) and can have a stimulating effect on humans because of its caffeine content. Etymology[edit] The first reference to coffee in the English language is in the form chaoua, dated to 1598. History[edit] Legendary accounts[edit] Historical transmission[edit] 20. CULTIVATION OF THE COFFEE PLANT. The early days of coffee culture in Abyssinia and Arabia—Coffee cultivation in general—Soil, climate, rainfall, altitude, propagation, preparing the plantation, shade and wind breaks, fertilizing, pruning, catch crops, pests, and diseases—How coffee is grown around the world—Cultivation in all the principal producing countries.
Just About Coffee - Your online resource for coffee info - Drinking guide, History, Types of coffee, Coffee Tree... The coffee tree is a shrub with a straight trunk, which can survive for about 50 to 70 years.
Growing Coffea Arabica at Home from Seed. Larry Manfredi's Coffee Tree Here's a note from a customer who lives in a much better climate to grow coffee ... outdoors, and planted in the ground.
"I thought that you would enjoy photos of my Coffee crop for this year. My trees have gone through a lot of moves with me over many years. I had them growing in pots for most of their life, about 25-years! I planted them in the ground and trimmed them for their first time in 2005.