The Secrets of Coffee: Growing and Processing Beans

    Discover the captivating journey of coffee beans, bringing the rich aroma and exquisite taste of freshly brewed coffee to the world.

    To ensure that you can trace the origin of your coffee and avoid any potential supply chain issues, growing your coffee is the best way to go. While it is generally true that coffee is grown in tropical regions at altitudes above 2,500 feet, this should not stop you from growing your own for personal consumption. Growing coffee from seeds takes about three years for the coffee tree to bear fruit.  Each tree yields about one pound of coffee beans per year.

Coffee Tree


    Once it is ready, you will need to 

  • pick the cherries.
  • crush the cherries.
  • soak them in a bucket of water for a day.
  • separate the pulp from the beans.
  • spread the beans out on a tarp or cookie sheet in the sun stirring regularly during the two-day drying process. 

    Once complete, the finished product is ready for roasting. The coffee beans can last in this state for up to a year, depending on the storage conditions.  Please share any experiences you may have had with this process along with tips for the community.

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  1. SlabsDecember 15, 2023 at 2:33 PM

    Very interesting. My husband was involved with coffee and production many years ago in various stages from harvesting to producing.
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    1. Michael_SDecember 15, 2023 at 3:29 PM

      Thank you for visiting my post, I appreciate it very much. I hope you find this as well as my other articles interesting.

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  2. StephanieDecember 15, 2023 at 8:12 PM

    I just wanted to let you know that your post about growing and processing coffee was fantastic. It seems like a lot of work, but I imagine it's very satisfying to finally be able to enjoy a cup of coffee that you've produced yourself. I didn't realize that it takes three years for coffee trees to start producing fruit. I learned something new today. Thank you for sharing your experience with us at The Crazy Little Love Birds link party #18.

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    1. Michael_SDecember 29, 2023 at 4:31 PM

      Three years is a reasonable time. Of course, that is if everything is going smoothly. My first attempts grew nothing but mold lol. I am glad you got something out of my post. Thank you for hosting the link party Stephanie.

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    2. StephanieJanuary 4, 2024 at 2:04 PM

      Michael, thank you for sharing your post with us at The Crazy Little Love Birds link party #18. I am excited to let you know that it will be featured tomorrow at party #19. I hope you will join us again. Happy New Year!

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