Café Altira Coffee Education Series

Processing Methods: Washed, Natural, and Honey

You've picked the perfect ripe coffee cherries from high-altitude farms, and now they're sitting in baskets, ready for the next step. What happens in the next few days will dramatically...

Processing Methods: Washed, Natural, and Honey

You've picked the perfect ripe coffee cherries from high-altitude farms, and now they're sitting in baskets, ready for the next step. What happens in the next few days will dramatically...

Cherry Picking: The Art of the Harvest

Imagine standing on a mountainside in Colombia at 5,000 feet, the morning sun just breaking through the clouds. Around you, coffee trees heavy with cherries stretch across the hillside. Some...

Cherry Picking: The Art of the Harvest

Imagine standing on a mountainside in Colombia at 5,000 feet, the morning sun just breaking through the clouds. Around you, coffee trees heavy with cherries stretch across the hillside. Some...

The Coffee Belt: Where Magic Grows

Imagine drawing a belt around Earth's waist, running through 70+ countries between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Inside this narrow band, where temperatures stay warm and rainfall is plentiful,...

The Coffee Belt: Where Magic Grows

Imagine drawing a belt around Earth's waist, running through 70+ countries between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Inside this narrow band, where temperatures stay warm and rainfall is plentiful,...

From Seed to Sapling: The Birth of a Coffee Plant

Coffee Growing Quick Facts Time from seed to first harvest: 3-4 years Coffee plant lifespan: Up to 100 years (productive for 20-30) Annual production per tree: 1-2 pounds of roasted...

From Seed to Sapling: The Birth of a Coffee Plant

Coffee Growing Quick Facts Time from seed to first harvest: 3-4 years Coffee plant lifespan: Up to 100 years (productive for 20-30) Annual production per tree: 1-2 pounds of roasted...