From Flower to Bean

A coffee tree is a fruit tree related to the woody gardenia.

It's an evergreen shrub with shiny, waxy dark-green leaves.

It wil flower and produce coffee cherries once a year.

This happens at different times around the globe as each growing region passes from spring's flowers to autumn's harvest.

咖啡樹是與木本梔子花有關(guān)的果樹。它是一種常綠灌木，有閃亮的蠟質(zhì)深綠色葉子。它每年開花一次并結(jié)出咖啡果。隨著每個(gè)種植區(qū)從春天的鮮花到秋天的收獲，這種情況在全球的不同時(shí)間發(fā)生。

Flowering

Coffee trees typically blossom once a year. The buds bloom into jasmine-scented flowers, often triggered by a lng rain.

開花

咖啡樹通常每年開花一次。 花蕾綻放成茉莉花香的花朵，通常是由一場(chǎng)液化雨引發(fā)的。

Ripening

After the flowers fall off the tree, a cluster of green cherries form. As the coffee cherries ripen, they begin to turn red. The darker red the cherrie, the sweeter the fruit and the more developed the coffee bean inside. It takes nine months from the time a coffee tree flowers to producing ripe cherries ready for picking.

催熟

花朵從樹上落下后，會(huì)形成一簇綠色的櫻桃。 隨著咖啡果成熟，它們開始變紅。 櫻桃的紅色越深，水果越甜，里面的咖啡豆越成熟。 從咖啡樹開花到結(jié)出可供采摘的成熟櫻桃需要九個(gè)月的時(shí)間。

Harvesting

Coffee grown at lower elevations can be harvested by picking machines rolling through flat fields but the quality coffee grows on much steeper terrain and requires handpicking.

收獲

種植在低海拔地區(qū)的咖啡可以通過在平地上滾動(dòng)的采摘機(jī)來收獲，但優(yōu)質(zhì)咖啡生長(zhǎng)在更陡峭的地形上，需要人工采摘。