The harvest
La Cosecha is a Spanish phrase that means "the Harvest". Traditionally, the harvest season has been associated with families working together to reap the rewards of a season’s hard work. The harvest is the climax of the growing season, a time that the community has anxiously awaited for. It’s filled with celebration, joy, thankfulness & sharing. There is excitement and hope that they will be rewarded for their hard work with essential income, which is especially vital to those countries whose chief export is coffee.
- Coffee is grown in more than 50 countries in South America, Central America, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean. Nearly 25 million farmers worldwide depend on growing coffee for their economic livelihood.
coffee economy
- Two main species of coffee cherries in cultivation yield two kinds of beans, arabica and robusta. More than two-thirds of the world’s coffee comes from the arabica bean. The robusta bean is hardier and cheaper to grow, but its taste is considered inferior.