High Quality Arabica coffee is the product of rich soils, a cool & wet climate and high altitude. The combination of these Origin characteristics is similar to what fine wine connoisseurs call 'teroir'. These unique terroir influences produce an amazing range of tastes and aromas.
Coffee Begins as a red cherry, growing on trees in the Tropics, that can reach heights of up to 12 metres. The flowers of the coffee tree grow in small clusters that are white and display a jasmine like perfume.
The coffee cherry or fruit contains two seeds, these are the coffee beans.
Producing Arabica coffee requires a huge amount of care and hard work.
A coffee tree requires five years before it yields its first crop & Each tree produces only enough cherries to make half a kilogram of roasted beans per year.
Around 8,500 beans are required to make up a kilogram of roasted coffee!
