What are the steps and harvest time for picking coffee beans

After 3 or 4 years of growth, the coffee tree matures and begins to bear fruit, and the fruit will be arranged in clusters or clustered together along the branches. The coffee beans we see are the seeds of the coffee tree. The outside of the seed is a layer of pericarp, with the maturity of coffee beans, the pericarp will change from green to red, as soon as it turns red, it can be harvested. The structure of coffee fruit is usually a layer of pulp (mesocarp) under the exocarp, a small thin layer inside, and then a layer of parchment-like substance-endocarp. In all of these peels, there are usually two beans with opposite planes, and the beans have a thin film or skin on the outside.

The ripening period of Arabica coffee beans is 6-8 months, and that of Robbard special coffee beans is 9-11 months.

The harvest time is also different in different regions, and the north of the equator is generally harvested from September to November. The main one south of the equator is in April or May, but it can last until August. Countries in some equatorial regions can harvest throughout the year. So you can have new coffee beans for most of the year.

There are usually two ways to pick coffee. One is picking in pieces, that is, picking without choice, which can also be picked mechanically if conditions permit. The other is selective picking, which has a large amount of labor and high picking cost, which is only used in Arabica and washed Arabica coffee beans.