The plantation is covered in these large leaved coffee shrubs.
07 Mar 2010 15:23
The buds become coffee bean pods.
07 Mar 2010 12:35
unripe coffee berries.
07 Mar 2010 11:01
which ripen to become a reddish brown.
07 Mar 2010 15:18
These are harvested and left outside to ferment and dry.
07 Mar 2010 12:37
Until they get darker and darker.
07 Mar 2010 12:25
and take on a dark brown colour similar to that of raw coffee beans.
07 Mar 2010 11:07
eventually they are round black berries, rather like large peppercorns.
06 Mar 2010 17:29