It'll help if you remove the parchment before roasting. And store as whole bean not ground. It'll retain its flavours longer. Also coffee shouldn't be bitter. You've either over developed the roast or over extracted the brew.
Thanks :) I bought a coffee plant from the diggers club a number of years ago, finally have it's first decent yield on the way. I got 2 beans the year before last & really didn't know what to do with them, but this year there's a few hundred & the first one's just going red now, so this is perfect for what I need to know. I didn't realise the fruit's edible either, so that's awesome info! Can't wait to try one in a day or 2's time :)
Funny coincidence this video popping up, I just potted up a self sown seedling growing under an overhanging coffee bush from the neighbour. It's the red berry variety. I plan to keep it potted as it grows.
All coffee cherries will ripen from green to red so you may have any type of coffee, chances are it's an Arabica line as it's the most common. You now have the joy of finding out though... And it should taste great either way, you won't regret growing your own.
Excellent video. As we live in a subtropical area, this is perfect. I don’t know what I’ll do if we run out of good coffee. And as it stands, any coffee is going to be hard to get along with other essentials.
Hi everyone at G.A., I was wondering about this story. Jerry you said that the fruit only grows on the new growth. I'm in a wheelchair but I can stand for short periods. OK my question, to make it a little easier, could I cut the branches the fruit is on and then pick the fruit? That way I can sit down and pick all those little Buggers until the cows come home. Another question I just thought of, does the fruit itself have any caffeine in them? Thank you for any help you can give me. I have watched your show on Iview at least 3 times now, not to mention the number of videos on TH-cam. Would it be possible to put more seasons on iview, I would love to see them. I really miss Peter Cundall, I would love to see his bloomin face again. You are all wonderful.
I'm in a wheelchair too, can't stand at all (although I do get creative climbing on milkcrate ladders in my garden :)) Anyway, I have one coffee plant growing in the shade in my garden in Sydney (so may be smaller than average in cool climate), about to harvest my first crop, but to reach that point I tried hand pollinating, cause previous crop never happened, so I thought it might have been a pollination issue (no idea if it was or not, probably not, since I only managed to pollinate the lower branches & there's some beans on higher ones). Anyway, to pollinate I was able to reach the tips of some branches & pull down & for others I used my grabby stick to reach them & then a long handled paint brush on each flower. Was hard to get to some flowers, such as on the top of the branches, but I got quite a lot. Branches are nice & flexible & easy to work with. Harvest I'm anticipating is going to be easier than pollination & after harvest, I'm going to be pruning in a way that keeps the new growth within my reach, looks like it will be easy enough to do that now I know how the tree yields. I have one nearly ripe bean right now & a lot of green ones, no idea how many will be ripe at the same time. That will be your problem in harvesting & pruning together, that not all beans will be ripe together. Presumably it would be doable, but you'd probably lose over half your yield. Should be better options than that available to you. I haven't harvested yet but I'm anticipating they're going to come off easily, so I think you could probably put some big buckets or a tarp or something under the tree & just kinda rub them all off really quickly while standing, then sort out what's on the ground/buckets & lose far less that way to green ones coming off in the process than the cutting whole branches off. If you have full hand use though, I really think you'll be fine just holding the branch down with one hand & harvesting from the tree with your other. If you haven't planted it yet, definitely go with the dwarf variety too! Pretty sure mine is just a standard, regular size variety
@@mehere8038 Thank you so much for all that info. I haven't planted yet, and with money is going I don't know when it is going to happen. Dwarf Fruit trees are so expensive now. I think I'm going to concentrate on saving up and getting a couple of IBC's and then save up for the scoria and soil. And XMAS is coming shop fast. Thank you so much for all that info, I really appreciate it. I'm going to right it all inn my book and save it for when I do get the dwarf coffee plant. It's great that you took the time to answer me. Your a good egg, as they used to say. I wish you well in your harvest, before the possums and bird's think it's the right time for lunch. The cheeky buggers, but I love them. Thanks again.
Wow that roast looks absolutely horrible. It's burnt and completely uneven. There is an entire art and science to roasting coffee and you will never find anyone worth their salt recommending this as a good way to get a good cup of coffee.
Oh we should sooo stop importing coffee. If it needs humid conditions, Australia has them in spades. Cut out those long, fossil fueled shipments and let's get to it Aus'. Net it to stop the seed spread/weed qualification.
It'll help if you remove the parchment before roasting. And store as whole bean not ground. It'll retain its flavours longer. Also coffee shouldn't be bitter. You've either over developed the roast or over extracted the brew.
I agree to storing whole beans and grind fresh when needed.
Thanks :) I bought a coffee plant from the diggers club a number of years ago, finally have it's first decent yield on the way. I got 2 beans the year before last & really didn't know what to do with them, but this year there's a few hundred & the first one's just going red now, so this is perfect for what I need to know. I didn't realise the fruit's edible either, so that's awesome info! Can't wait to try one in a day or 2's time :)
Funny coincidence this video popping up, I just potted up a self sown seedling growing under an overhanging coffee bush from the neighbour. It's the red berry variety.
I plan to keep it potted as it grows.
Let us know how it goes! Thank for watching 😊
All coffee cherries will ripen from green to red so you may have any type of coffee, chances are it's an Arabica line as it's the most common.
You now have the joy of finding out though... And it should taste great either way, you won't regret growing your own.
Very informative as always
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for sharing your experience 👍👍👍
Excellent video. As we live in a subtropical area, this is perfect. I don’t know what I’ll do if we run out of good coffee. And as it stands, any coffee is going to be hard to get along with other essentials.
I'm definitely going to do this!
Me too
Report back with how you go! Thanks for watching 😊
Beatiful video!!!
Thank for sharing
Thank you for sharing
Great video👍
Oh wow!!!
Thank you
Average Australian consumes 2kg of coffee beans a year lol, just did the math, nothing to be proud of but i consume 48 kilos of coffee beans a year.
That's a lot of coffee! Thanks for watching Neil.
It’s funny how we don’t know how something so common is made. I’ll definitely give this a crack!
Good luck and let us know how you go!
Yummy 😋
Could you provide where we could purchase the Kamerangu Coffee trees and We would like to use them to cultivate some coffee
Do we still need the protection if we grow in Melbourne? I know our summer sun can be strong.
Hi everyone at G.A., I was wondering about this story. Jerry you said that the fruit only grows on the new growth. I'm in a wheelchair but I can stand for short periods. OK my question, to make it a little easier, could I cut the branches the fruit is on and then pick the fruit? That way I can sit down and pick all those little Buggers until the cows come home. Another question I just thought of, does the fruit itself have any caffeine in them? Thank you for any help you can give me. I have watched your show on Iview at least 3 times now, not to mention the number of videos on TH-cam. Would it be possible to put more seasons on iview, I would love to see them. I really miss Peter Cundall, I would love to see his bloomin face again. You are all wonderful.
I'm in a wheelchair too, can't stand at all (although I do get creative climbing on milkcrate ladders in my garden :)) Anyway, I have one coffee plant growing in the shade in my garden in Sydney (so may be smaller than average in cool climate), about to harvest my first crop, but to reach that point I tried hand pollinating, cause previous crop never happened, so I thought it might have been a pollination issue (no idea if it was or not, probably not, since I only managed to pollinate the lower branches & there's some beans on higher ones). Anyway, to pollinate I was able to reach the tips of some branches & pull down & for others I used my grabby stick to reach them & then a long handled paint brush on each flower. Was hard to get to some flowers, such as on the top of the branches, but I got quite a lot. Branches are nice & flexible & easy to work with. Harvest I'm anticipating is going to be easier than pollination & after harvest, I'm going to be pruning in a way that keeps the new growth within my reach, looks like it will be easy enough to do that now I know how the tree yields.
I have one nearly ripe bean right now & a lot of green ones, no idea how many will be ripe at the same time. That will be your problem in harvesting & pruning together, that not all beans will be ripe together. Presumably it would be doable, but you'd probably lose over half your yield. Should be better options than that available to you. I haven't harvested yet but I'm anticipating they're going to come off easily, so I think you could probably put some big buckets or a tarp or something under the tree & just kinda rub them all off really quickly while standing, then sort out what's on the ground/buckets & lose far less that way to green ones coming off in the process than the cutting whole branches off. If you have full hand use though, I really think you'll be fine just holding the branch down with one hand & harvesting from the tree with your other. If you haven't planted it yet, definitely go with the dwarf variety too! Pretty sure mine is just a standard, regular size variety
@@mehere8038 Thank you so much for all that info. I haven't planted yet, and with money is going I don't know when it is going to happen. Dwarf Fruit trees are so expensive now. I think I'm going to concentrate on saving up and getting a couple of IBC's and then save up for the scoria and soil. And XMAS is coming shop fast. Thank you so much for all that info, I really appreciate it. I'm going to right it all inn my book and save it for when I do get the dwarf coffee plant. It's great that you took the time to answer me. Your a good egg, as they used to say. I wish you well in your harvest, before the possums and bird's think it's the right time for lunch. The cheeky buggers, but I love them. Thanks again.
Wow that roast looks absolutely horrible. It's burnt and completely uneven. There is an entire art and science to roasting coffee and you will never find anyone worth their salt recommending this as a good way to get a good cup of coffee.
I agree...it looks really burnt unfortunately
But the concept is good up to that point. It’s all about trial and error.
Well, it’s been roasted to the point of being dark, not burnt. So he did the right thing. We love dark roast.
Oh we should sooo stop importing coffee. If it needs humid conditions, Australia has them in spades.
Cut out those long, fossil fueled shipments and let's get to it Aus'. Net it to stop the seed spread/weed qualification.