Hello Tim! Thank for your contribute in the whole coffee industry, especially I really appreciate your approach to organic production in this industry. Save the Earth...
In practice how do you do the testing to find out which cultivars work best on a specific farm? As I understand, coffee tree takes 3 to 4 years from planting to bear fruit. Isn't that quite a big time and space investment for the farmer for testing something that may not produce better coffee than their current lots or have some issues with their hardiness and susceptibility to diseases? Also I would imagine you'd need multiple lots to test out many cultivars in parallel because of the considerable time it takes. Or do you transplant mature coffee trees and if so do they keep producing high quality coffee in their new environment? I'm quite clueless about the producer side, but gotten increasingly curious listening to Lucia Solis' podcast and it's opened my eyes to the difficulties and challenges of coffee farming.
Ity takes a lot of years. In general to be sure it can take from 6-10 years. We normally start with a small amount to see how the trees respond to the environment. It normally takes 3-5 years before we have some good answers. If it produces well and taste good we can plant more so that means another 3-5 years.
Elsker at dere kjører på med nettinnhold! Fortsett med det, tror det kommer til å lønne seg stort🙌 Gleder meg til innhold fra Caballero-gården, de har alltid produsert noen av favorittene mine!
@tim - thank you for the information packed short video. Much appreciated.
Hello Tim!
Thank for your contribute in the whole coffee industry, especially I really appreciate your approach to organic production in this industry.
Save the Earth...
Thank you for the kind words
In practice how do you do the testing to find out which cultivars work best on a specific farm? As I understand, coffee tree takes 3 to 4 years from planting to bear fruit. Isn't that quite a big time and space investment for the farmer for testing something that may not produce better coffee than their current lots or have some issues with their hardiness and susceptibility to diseases? Also I would imagine you'd need multiple lots to test out many cultivars in parallel because of the considerable time it takes. Or do you transplant mature coffee trees and if so do they keep producing high quality coffee in their new environment?
I'm quite clueless about the producer side, but gotten increasingly curious listening to Lucia Solis' podcast and it's opened my eyes to the difficulties and challenges of coffee farming.
Ity takes a lot of years. In general to be sure it can take from 6-10 years. We normally start with a small amount to see how the trees respond to the environment. It normally takes 3-5 years before we have some good answers. If it produces well and taste good we can plant more so that means another 3-5 years.
@@TimWendelboeCoffee Thank you for the reply. It does sound like it takes a lot of time and dedication working with the producer to improve quality.
@@Naegimaggu It for sure does. But it is very rewarding in the end.
Elsker at dere kjører på med nettinnhold! Fortsett med det, tror det kommer til å lønne seg stort🙌 Gleder meg til innhold fra Caballero-gården, de har alltid produsert noen av favorittene mine!