COLLECTION

What makes difficult the collection is the fact that the plantations are located, for the most part, on steep slopes and mountainous areas because the coffee plant needs at high altitudes. There are two methods of manual picking : Stripping : fast but inaccurate method where the cherries are torn all along the branch. A

ARABICA or ROBUSTA ?

The genus Coffea comprises more than 100 species , but commercially speaking the best known are the Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora , better known as robust. COFFEA CANEPHORA It was discovered in the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) in 1800. This plant grows at lower altitudes than the Coffea Arabica, with higher