One of the little tidbits I learned while working for Starbucks some time ago was that on average a full grown coffee tree makes about a pound of coffee beans a year. That alone would discourage giving up some precious space in my yard even if I could grow it. That said, the coffee cherry, the fruit around the pit (bean), is supposed to be sweet and delicious and higher in caffeine than the bean itself. The coffee cherry might make it worth the space. God bless.
To put coffee into perspective, the Starbucks I worked at went through about 1,000 pounds of coffee beans a week. That’s the annual produce of a thousand trees per week for one Starbucks coffee shop. Granted the Statesboro Starbucks is in the top ten busiest in the SE. But think about just how land expensive this commodity is. That said, I drink lots of coffee. God bless.
But you can sucessfully fruit them in pot culture if you have a sunny window. (I wish I had more sunny windows… or a conservatory… or a solarium… but I digress.)
Bill Merrill talks about DWARF sized coffee plants suitable for pot culture (see video).
For the best results, get a tall pot. The longer you can let that tap-root drop before it J-hooks, the better.
Wow- I was just getting ready to post the same link. You beat me to it, as I stopped to finish watching the video!
Here’s another video he produced, where he tours his yard, including some mature coffee plants.
While it is a pretty plant, I’m not a coffee drinker myself, so I don’t think I’ll be going to extremes to grow it. I’d rather save my inside space for lychee (very tasty tropical) and figs (which seem to actually produce indoors).
I have eaten Kona typica coffee CHERRIES while visiting Hawaii-- a truly exhilerating experience-- especially as it was followed up with a serving of french-press Kona coffee. I am hopelessly addicted in love with my morning coffee.
If folks in the tropics got paid US minimum wage, non of us would be able to afford to drink coffee except on very special occasions if then. God bless.
I’m thankful for companies such as Starbucks growing coffee in places like Bogata. They are doing a lot for the people there. If they were not growing coffee the alternatives are unpleasant. Here is a link on the basics https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bNcx_E1x3D0
I tend to agree. The alternative to coffee would be cataclysmic for poor countries. But still, the affordability of coffee reflects the reality of a world with more poverty than most Americans realizes. God bless.
I like to grow fragrant flowers, and I heard coffee flowers were fragrant. So I bought some small coffee seedlings and tried to grow them as a house plants. Well, they survived for few years, and died finally. I don’t think coffee plant will grow well indoor in climate like Chicago
I am growing coffee
i just got my arabica coffee plant from fastgrowingtrees in a 2 gal pot, it had a decent size rootball and was on sale for half price
and i fertilized it heavily with holly-tone a high acidity fertilizer i am in zone 7 and the leaves have really gotten darker
i will keep it inside through the winter
hopefully next year i will get coffee
will post some pics tommorow
In Uganda, that is (sorry for the disappointment). At this elevation its mostly Robusta, a lower-grade coffee with twice the caffeine (and bitterness), which was issued to troops in WWII to keep them awake. We use them to sprout apple grafts under.
Its a lot easier to grow, being more pest and disease resistant due to the higher caffeine levels; it’s also more productive. It is still sensitive to cold. They are experimenting with lines of Catimor coffee that approach the cupping quality of Arabica but have the resistance of Robusta. Coffee is Uganda’s major export, but most people there drink tea. Coffee shops in urban areas are trying to change that.
I would imagine like chocolate that coffee needs grown in a tent for higher humidity and the use of heat mats is likely necessary to warm the soil in the winter.
So tell us little about this one. What exactly are you growing where did you get it? You got fruit? I’m always interested in growing tropicals. My pepper corn plant is at last producing fruit.
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