14/09/2026
Despite the scorcher this year growing coffee from seed in the UK is no joke! 🇬🇧🌱
As a coffee roasting company, we wanted to try it ourselves this year so we can share the journey with you. Needless to say, we won’t be roasting UK-grown beans anytime soon! However, it really shows how much effort goes into every single cup. ☕️
Here is what we've learned so far:
The Waiting Game: It can take around 5 years just to get a bush established enough to produce fruit. ⏳
The Perfect Climate: Coffee thrives on altitude and regular sunshine—the closer to the equator, the better. ☀️
The Right Diet: It requires fertile soil with a precise mix of nitrogen, potassium, and phosphates. 🌾
🍄 Fun Fact: The best coffee I’ve ever experienced came from a farm with mushrooms in the soil network. The fungi provide vital nutrients and create an underground system that allows the coffee trees to share sugars!
Respect to the farmers who do this every day. 🙌
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