Modern coffee plantations may range from the small, peasant-owned farms of Colombia to immense, private Brazilian fazendas with more than a million trees to cooperatives such as those of the Chagga tribe on the slopes of Kilimanjaro. But no matter how they are administrated or where they are, it is still the basic life-cycle of the coffee tree that dictates much of the real activity on the plantation.
Propagation / Planting For hundreds of years, Arabia strictly controlled coffee production, making it virtually impossible to export viable seeds outside of the Arabian Peninsula. Indeed, the very first fertile…
We’ve talked about what a coffee bean is – so now we take a look at whats happening in the field? We may undertake around twelve ‘origin’ trips a…
Coffee plantations are the most visited places in Coorg. Most home stays and resorts organize a walk around their own plantations where you can see the most popular type of coffee…