Seed to cup. Northland coffee growing entrepreneurs

Nine To Noon

English - November 01, 2020 22:32 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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Rob and Carol Schluter run Ikarus Coffee New Zealand's only commercial coffee plantation. For the last 3 years they have been experimenting with commercial growing, despite the berries being associated with much warmer climes. Northland's Pekerau Hills, are around 1200km outside the normal coffee growing belt. So what have they learned? Kathryn chats to Rob Schluter.