1. COFFEE PRODUCTION

2. Coffee Trees in Shade

6. Coffee Trees in Full Sun

9. Coffee Trees in Bloom

12. Green Coffee Berries

14. Ripe Berries

18. Split Coffee Berries

20. Depulping

21. De-pulping Video
Hand De-Pulping (Internet)

22. Drying De-Pulped Coffee Beans

25. Drying Green Coffee

27. Dry Coffee Method

29. Coffee Processing Methods
FAO Site (USB)

30. Green and Roasted Coffee

31. COFFEE FACTS: PRODUCTION It takes about 12 pounds of berries to yield 2 pounds of green coffee beans. When roasted, the beans lose an additional 20 percent by weight Arabica coffee grows best at altitudes of between 3000 and 6000 feet and relatively cool temperatures of about 70 degrees F. It likes plenty of rain, say 70 inches a year. A hard frost will kill a coffee tree It takes five to seven years for a coffee tree to come on line; then it produces for another 15 to 20 years Compared to the labor required for bananas, sugar, or cotton, coffee is much less demanding Instant has at least 50 percent robusta, the cheaper brands 100 percent It takes at least six pounds of green beans to make a pound of instant French use a 45/55 robusta to arabica mix.