coffee farming
Growing coffee commercially
Coffee farming is the cultivation of coffee plants for their fruit, whose seeds are processed into coffee beans.
Most commercial coffee comes from two species grown in tropical highland regions.
The work is labor-intensive, with beans often hand-picked during harvest.
Her family has been in coffee farming for three generations.
- dryingMoisture removal process
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
- sun dryingPreserving via natural light
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
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