Coffee growing is quite labour-intensive process. The coffee tree is blooming during several months, that is why coffee cherries are ripened in different time. The harvest is protracted for a long time and each tree should be worked up more than once.
The season of coffee harvest in each country is different. For example, in Guatemala it is lasting from August till May, on Java island – from May till December, in Cuba – from July till December, in Brazil – from April till August.
It is more easier to gather sorts of Robusta and Liberica – they do not fall becoming overripe and that is why can dry on the tree. The harvesting of Arabica is executed in several phases according to fruits ripening two weeks apart. As a rule, there are three of such phases – preliminary, main and late. This selective harvest of absolutely ripen fruits provides the high quality of coffee beans.
The harvest is considered to be average, if they have about 0,8 tons of fruits from one hectare. It is good when 1,2 tons, and excellent if harvest exceeds 2 tons. Yearly they get 2,5-3kg of fruits (2 000 grains) from one three, it means 500g of raw or 400g of roasted coffee. In other words, each coffee bush gives a possibility to make 50 cups of flavored drink.
The labor productivity of one experienced coffee picker is one standard bag (100 pounds) a day. To fulfil this norm, a coffee picker should gather about 8 coffee cherries in a second.
The coffee pickers, in spite of their hard work, earn a little. The wages are measured with a gathered bucket of coffee. For example in Cuba, coffee pickers value their labor in «latas» (cans). The «Lata» is equal to three-quarters of bucket or to a big tin.
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One Comment »
coffee beans said :
May 15, 2010 at 3:43 pm
the subject of this article should be: coffee growing.
as I could not find any paragraphs about the gathering.