How To Home Grow Coffee

If you have a little bit of time on your hands, say five years, then you can grow your own coffee tree! Coffee trees take about three years to produce flowers, and they may take up to five years before they can produce their first crop.

You can start out with the seed of your coffee tree in a pot with fast draining soil. It is important to keep the soil moist at all times, but not too soggy. These budding coffee plants work well in filtered sunlight, and it will take 6 to 8 weeks before the first shoot starts to appear through the soil. After a few months when the leaves begin to grow, you can replant your coffee tree in your yard under a large shade tree. This is the best option because it will allow you to shade grow your coffee. Shade grown coffee is beneficial because the larger shade tree will provide a protective covering to the coffee tree so that it can grow slowly and develop flavors more deeply.

After five years, you will be able to harvest your first coffee crop and roast it yourself at home. A custom cup of Joe made and grown by yours truly!

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The Benefits of Air Roasted Coffee

Air roasting coffee is a method that was invented in the 1970s, and it provides a better taste and quality in the final Java product because the coffee beans are less likely to burn when they are being roasted.

In more traditional methods of coffee roasting that have been used since the 1800s, the coffee is roasted in a drum over direct heat. Air roasting is much more preferable to this method because the coffee beans will not directly touch the heat, so they will not turn out within an ashy or bitter taste. Any coffee lover will truly be able to taste the difference between the two, especially since air roasting is proven as the superior method of coffee roasting.

Air roasting is a wonderful method to make sure that your coffee beans achieve the ultimate flavor and taste in the roast product. Just a tip, you do have the potential to roast your coffee beans at home on a home air popcorn popper if you are a do-it-yourself kind of coffee lover!

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