What Is Unique about Shade Grown Organic Coffee?

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What Is Unique aboutShade Grown Organic Coffee?

Shade Grown Organic Coffee Is Good for the Birds!

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IF YOUR GOAL IS A GREAT CUP OF COFFEE,

FREE OF IMPURITIES AND FRIENDLY TO THE

ENVIRONMENT, YOU PROBABLY WANT TO

LOOK FOR SHADE GROWN ORGANIC COFFEE

BRANDS.

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BUT, WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT SHADE

GROWN ORGANIC COFFEE?



GROWING COFFEE THE WAY

NATURE INTENDED



IN THE WILD COFFEE GROWS

NATURALLY IN THE SHELTER OF SHADE

TREES.



IT IS ONLY RECENTLY THAT GROWERS HAVE

DEVELOPED SUN TOLERANT HYBRIDS IN

ORDER TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF

COFFEE THAT THEY CAN GROW ON A PLOT

OF LAND.



SHADE-GROWN COFFEE COMES FROM

COFFEE PLANTS GROWN UNDER A TREE

CANOPY.



COFFEE GROWERS PLANT BOTH

COFFEE AND A VARIETY OF SHADE

TREES.



THIS IS A SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL

PRACTICE RESULTING IN HIGH QUALITY

ORGANIC COFFEE.



SHADE TREES ATTRACT BIRDS AND ARE

THE CORNERSTONE OF A HEALTHY

HABITAT.



SOME COFFEE FARMERS PLANT PLANTAIN

AND OTHER TREES WHICH PRODUCE FRUITS

TO HARVEST SO THEY GROW MORE THAN

ONE CROP ON THEIR LAND.



IN HARMONY WITH THE ENVIRONMENT



SERIOUS EATS TALKS ABOUT SHADE-

GROWN COFFEE.


http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2014/01/what-is-shade-grown-coffee-is-it-better-tasting-environmental-benefits.html


FIRST AND FOREMOST, THERE ARE SOME

REASONS THAT SHADE-GROWN COFFEE IS A

GOOD IDEA. WHEN COFFEES ARE GROWN IN

THE SHADE OF OTHER PLANTS, THE

BIODIVERSITY OF THE LANDSCAPE SEES A

BENEFIT.



NATIVE PLANTS THAT SHADE COFFEE

TREES-WHICH CAN RANGE FROM FOREST

TREES LIKE CEDARS, TO FRUIT TREES, LIKE

BANANA, ORANGE, LEMON, AVOCADO, AND

SOURSOP-ARE PLANTED TO CREATE A

HARMONIOUS NITROGEN BALANCE IN THE

SOIL, AND, OVER TIME, EFFECT A SPECIFIC,

COFFEE-BENEFICIAL MICROCLIMATE.



THE INSECT, ANIMAL, AND BIRD LANDSCAPE

SEES A POSITIVE INFLUENCE AS WELL, AS

BIODIVERSE CLIMATES PROMOTE A

SUSTAINABILITY OF MORE SPECIES, WHICH

MEANS GREATER SURVIVAL OF THESE

SPECIES AND INCREASED POLLINATION.



CAREFUL PLANTING PROMOTES HEALTHIER

SOIL, WHICH CAN ALSO OFFER BROADER

BENEFITS LIKE DECREASED EROSION.



THE POINT BEING THAT WHEN A COFFEE

FARMER MIXES COFFEE IN WITH A CANOPY

OF OTHER PLANTS AND CROPS THERE

EVOLVES A BALANCE WITH NATURE THAT

PRESERVES THE SOIL AND THE QUALITY OF

THE COFFEE THAT IS PRODUCED YEAR AFTER YEAR AND DECADE AFTER DECADE.



DOES ORGANIC COFFEE TASTE

BETTER?



UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS NO STRONG

EVIDENCE THAT GROWING COFFEE IN

THE SHADE RESULTS IN BETTER TASTE.



BUT, REMEMBER THAT TASTE IS

ENTIRELY SUBJECTIVE.



FOR SOME FOLKS THE BEST TASTING CUP

OF COFFEE HAS SO MUCH CREAM, SUGAR

AND LIQUEUR ADDED THAT THE COFFEE MAKES ONLY A SMALL CONTRIBUTION.


http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1267/varieties-of-liqueur-coffee/


IS SHADE GROWN COFFEE MORE LIKELY ORGANIC?



THIS IS CERTAINLY TRUE. HEALTHY

ORGANIC COFFEE IS OFTEN SHADE

GROWN.


http://buyorganiccoffee.org/121/healthy-organic-coffee/


THE KINDS OF HERBICIDES, INSECTICIDES

AND FUNGICIDES THAT GROWERS HAVE TO

USE WHEN THEIR CROPS ARE CROWDED IN

THE SUN TO INCREASE YIELD ARE NOT

NECESSARY IN A MIXED PLANT

ENVIRONMENT AND ARE IN FACT

DANGEROUS TO OTHER PLANTS AND THE

MICROENVIRONMENT IN SUCH GROWING

CONDITIONS.



IT HAS BEEN SHOWN THAT THERE ARE

AROUND 150 DIFFERENT IMPURITIES

THAT CAN BE FOUND IN A CUP OF

REGULAR COMMERCIAL COFFEE.



THESE ARE NOT FOUND IN ORGANIC

COFFEE.



WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT SHADE GROWN

ORGANIC COFFEE IS THAT IT IS GREAT

COFFEE, SAFE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND

SAFE FOR YOU! LOOK FOR ORGANIC ON THE LABEL WHEN YOU BUY COFFEE.





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