I got the plants as seedlings, sold as house plants. There were about 8 in a small mug so I grew on four. I decided to ditch two as I didn’t have room for more - as they’re tender (anything below 5° & they start to suffer) I have to bring them indoors over winter & they sit under my south facing bay window.
They’re in my greenhouse now & I should be able to leave them outdoors from June through to October.
Being sold as novelty house plants, C. arabica I think, the flavour isn’t likely to be great, not to mention that I need to figure out how to roast them!
I may try germinating some now I know they’ll flower & fruit.
Thanks :) I looked it up as well & it should be ‘easy’ - you can pan-fry, oven cook or use a popcorn maker apparently! The trick is to listen for the first ‘crack’ for when the bean is dry and that’s when you get a light roast.
It should take less than 15min so I’ll no doubt have to be careful not overdoing my one & only homegrown espresso of 2026!
This is extremely cool and I’ve been interested in the doing the same for a long time.
Where did you get the seed? And are you growing under cover?
I got the plants as seedlings, sold as house plants. There were about 8 in a small mug so I grew on four. I decided to ditch two as I didn’t have room for more - as they’re tender (anything below 5° & they start to suffer) I have to bring them indoors over winter & they sit under my south facing bay window.
They’re in my greenhouse now & I should be able to leave them outdoors from June through to October.
Being sold as novelty house plants, C. arabica I think, the flavour isn’t likely to be great, not to mention that I need to figure out how to roast them!
I may try germinating some now I know they’ll flower & fruit.
Roasting can be done in a pan or something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySBAVyQA-Ys. Mesy but does the job.
Thanks :) I looked it up as well & it should be ‘easy’ - you can pan-fry, oven cook or use a popcorn maker apparently! The trick is to listen for the first ‘crack’ for when the bean is dry and that’s when you get a light roast. It should take less than 15min so I’ll no doubt have to be careful not overdoing my one & only homegrown espresso of 2026!