Coffee Harvest of KAIL Garden

by : Any Sulistyowati

In KAIL garden there are several coffee trees. Two of them started to bear fruits and the fruits began to mature. On July 9, 2016, we harvested them. Very well, we’ve got one plate of beans. The beans will be dried, roasted, grounded and then brewed into coffee drinks.

The trees were planted three years ago, when KAIL House was. Seedlings were donated by Pak Nas, the carpenter who built the house KAIL. There were approximately fifty trees. Unfortunately, the tree growth is not uniform. Some grow rapidly because they were in the heat of sun; others grow very slowly because they were under the shade of trees and bushes on the sidelines. The trees grow without chemical fertilizers and pesticides. So you could say that the coffee in KAIL garden is organic coffee.

Before fruiting, the tree produces flowers first. The flowers are white, organized in clumps and highly scented. It is so beautiful, like strands of jasmine into ornaments bride. These flowers are then pollinated by butterflies and produces fruits. Young coffee fruit is green. Over time the color changes to red, purple and then black. That's when the coffee fruit is ready to be harvested. Hmmm ... cannot wait to brew coffee crop of KAIL House.

Translated by: Bernadetta Tarigan