How long does it take for coffee to blossom to bear fruit?

When does the coffee tree blossom and bear fruit?

At the end of January 2014, with the recovery of international coffee futures prices, Yunnan coffee prices also rose rapidly. "this past February, international coffee prices rose the most in 20 years, from 114 cents per pound on January 28 to 180 cents per pound on February 28."

There are probably three reasons for the rapid rise in coffee prices: first, the dry climate in Brazil, the world's largest coffee producer, since the end of last year, which is expected to affect coffee production; second, some coffee producing countries in Central and South America are affected by coffee rust, and coffee production is expected to decrease; third, coffee futures are in the doldrums for a long time, and coffee futures speculators deliberately drive up coffee prices and activate the coffee futures market.

The 2014 coffee harvest is drawing to a close, but the province's coffee output is less than 60,000 tons. Pu'er coffee production has also dropped by at least 30% on the basis of last year. " Despite the surge in purchase prices, the sharp decline in coffee production has cast a shadow over China's coffee industry.

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Since 2014, Nestl é, Starbucks and Camille have stepped up efforts to open up raw material producing areas in Yunnan, and Yunnan small-grain coffee has also been sold to Europe, the United States, Japan, South Korea and more than 20 countries and regions, but on the whole, Yunnan coffee industry is still in its infancy, and the "breakthrough" of the industry is not optimistic.

Coffee trees bloom continuously from February to May. Bear fruit after anthesis. The fruit is green. No artificial pollination is needed.

Every March, the branches of the coffee tree will appear white flowers, the petals are spirally arranged, and the heart jumps around the petals. If you take a closer look, you can see that it is really like a small windmill playing in childhood, emitting the fragrance of jasmine flowers; the fruit is oval, berries, crimson, and contains two seeds, that is, the coffee beans we are familiar with.

Coffee trees usually wither after two or three days of flowering and begin to bear fruit after a few months. The fruit is a drupe with a diameter of about 1.5cm. It turns green at first, then turns yellow gradually, and turns red when ripe. It is very similar to cherries, so it is called cherry coffee (Coffee Cherry). It can be harvested at this time.

Coffee trees can blossom for a few years, and the editor will introduce them to you when they blossom and bear fruit. Coffee tree opposite leaves are long oval, smooth leaves, the end of the branch is very long, few branches, and the flowers are white, open at the base of the petiole connecting the branch. How many years can coffee trees blossom?

The first flowering period of the white flower red fruit coffee tree is about three years old. the white flowers have five petals of tube-shaped flowers, with a faint fragrance of jasmine, which is lighter than jasmine, with a bitter aftertaste of coffee, and the inflorescences are dense and arranged in clusters.