How long does it take to plant coffee before it bears fruit?

How long is the flowering period of coffee? how long does it take to plant before it can bear fruit?

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.

In fact, the Arabs began to grow coffee in 525 BC, and chewing fried coffee beans became popular in the Arab region. In 890 AD, Arab merchants sold coffee beans to Yemen, and Yemenis made coffee beans into drinks for the first time. In the 15th century, coffee was introduced into Europe, Asia and soon into America. By the 18th century, coffee was widely grown in tropical and subtropical regions of the world and became one of the three major drinks in the world. Coffee ranks first among the top three beverages in annual sales, three times as much as cocoa and four times as much as tea. Although coffee has been cultivated in the world for more than 2000 years. However, coffee has been cultivated in China for only a few hundred years. In 1884, Taiwan Province began to introduce coffee.

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, berry, 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 of 4-5 years old will blossom and bear fruit. Coffee flowers are similar in smell to jasmine flowers and are clustered on the branches of coffee trees when they bloom. White petals and light fragrance of jasmine are noble and elegant, but it is a pity that its flowering period is about 3-5 days. After the coffee blossoms, it is replaced by a small green fruit, which is transformed into a red ripe fruit that can be harvested after a few months.