Coffee Farming
Practical information about planting, propagating, grafting, fertilizing, irrigating, pruning, and protecting coffee trees.
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How to Propagate Coffee Trees
Propagating coffee trees from cuttings is one of the most useful skills in coffee farming. It lets growers reproduce a known, proven plant rather than gamble on seed variation. A seedling is the result of sexual reproduction, so it may not behave exactly like its parent. A cutting, when taken and rooted correctly, becomes a…
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How to Plant Coffee Seeds
Coffee is usually talked about as a drink, but every cup begins with a living seed. Planting coffee seeds is a slow, careful process: the seed must be fresh, handled gently, germinated in warm conditions, and raised under filtered light long before it becomes a productive tree. Whether you want to start a few coffee…
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Coffee Logistics Chain: Seed to Cup
A cup of coffee feels simple enough: grind the beans, add water, and enjoy. But every bean in your coffee maker has already completed a long, delicate journey before it ever reaches you. It may have begun as a seedling on a steep hillside, been picked by hand, fermented in a tank, dried in the…