Good harvest, all's well
The date for harvesting varies and is dependent upon the geographical position of the plantation, the climate, the height above sea level and the season in the area.
The ripe, deep-red coffee cherries are generally plucked by hand. Each arabica coffee tree yields between 500 and 1500 g of green coffee beans; for robusta trees the yield is between 500 and 2000 g.
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The cherries are mainly handpicked. |
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Unripe and damaged cherries are sorted out on the lorries and discarded immediately. |
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Just how labour-intensive the harvesting is becomes apparent when one considers that for every 500 g of coffee beans, 2.5 kg coffee cherries have to be picked.
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