Coffee home growing and roasting

Ten years ago I was spending way too much on quality coffee. So I decided to have a go at growing my own. These days I'm 100% self-sufficient. It's easier than you think, the coffee is next level delicious and I'm (two of us) saving over $1000/year. I kept getting asked the same questions about it so I decided to fully document the process so anyone with the right climate and a few seedlings could could do it too.

I haven’t viewed the video yet, but….congratulations!

I grew coffee here in Hawaii for over 20 years. Started out just growing it for ourselves. There for a few years I actually had a little  mail order business selling Hawaiian coffee. Had a Dietrich roaster and everything. Lots of fun. But hubby had to give up caffeine, so the coffee business lost some of its charm. Gave the roaster to my neighbor and turned my interest to growing food.

Coffee is a bit more difficult to grow here now due to the stem borer, coffee bean beetles and now coffee rust. I never had to deal with those. When coffee bean beetle  arrived, I pulled out all my trees. I didn’t want my farm to be a reservoir for the beetle, thus damaging other peoples’ coffee.

If one lives in a frost free area, growing coffee can indeed be fun and rewarding. Give it a try.

Thanks. It is such a rewarding hobby. Fingers crossed I stay pest free.