Questions tagged [coffee]

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Growing coffee indoors from cherries; to dry or not to dry?

I found a coffee tree which blossoms and produces coffee "cherries" each year. Last year I harvested a few dozen cherries. After reading all kinds of "how to grow coffee from cherries" articles which all seemed to give different instructions, I did…
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Should I remove the brittle outer layer of coffee seeds before sowing?

Here are seeds of Coffea arabica that have a brittle papery outer layer: Should I remove the brittle outer layer before sowing the coffee seeds? The instructions on the seed packet do not mention the removal of the outer layer. However, an…
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Suffering indoor baby coffee plants

One year ago I received a little pot (well... it was actually a mug) of baby coffee plants, just germinated from seeds. Of them, only three survived till today. I kept the pot indoor, in the same room I'm living. During summer, the temperature…
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