Our coffee tree is one we bought on a lark five or six years ago just to see what it would do. Well, it grew and grew and now stands over seven feet tall. In 2009, we were surprised and amused to see it produce one coffee bean! That bean must have been testing the waters, because in 2010 much of the tree blossomed, and fruit formed and ripened throughout the year. In early January, 2011, the fruit looked to be at its peak, so I harvested our bounty.
These pages follow the progress of our coffee crop from harvest time
through my crude "wet processing", the drying period, and finally
the roasting, grinding, brewing, and consuming. Click here to get started, and then use the arrow buttons to navigate |