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Sustainability

                         If a tree is super productive (i.e.                         Cafeology
                   Growing coffee
                        producing lots of cherries) it is
                        allocating more resources to growing
                        cherries and weakening its resources                           Finally, if coffee trees
                        devoted to defence. So controlling                            are stressed during
                        production by shade growing and                               harvest season (dry
                        pruning helps limit production within                         weather) the ground
                        the harvest season (which sounds                              stays dry, which helps
                        counterintuitive but a balanced                               good fungi to survive, so
                        production year on year is better than                        next season the trees
                        maximum production one year and                               come back stronger and
                        very little next year because your crop                       the harvest will be better
                        was overexploited).                                           and more rust resistant.



























                         Roberto’s family farm in Costa
                         Rica nestled in the valley










                                                                               In part 4 Liam will look at the
                                                                              challenges of coffee farming in
                                                                              Costa Rica. This will cover
                                                                              harvesting, pulping and pre-
                                                                              drying.


                         Formed in 2003 to address the
                        requirements of ethically sourced                       Cafeology Limited                   MAY/JUNE. 2024 | ISSUE 36
                        beverages specific to the out-of-home                   Unit 4 Vantage Park 2
                        markets, the business has grown into one                Coborn Avenue, Sheffield
                        of the largest independently owned coffee               South Yorkshire S9 1DA
                        companies in the UK.                                    liam.worsley@cafeology.com





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