Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Coffee production
References & Edit History Related Topics
Images
A Guatemalan boy wearing a cap carries a large sack on his back while walking through rows of coffee plants with red berries on a plantation. World map highlighting the coffee belt, a brown band between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn where coffee grows best. Major coffee-producing countries within this belt are labeled, including Mexico, Honduras, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Ethiopia, Uganda, India, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Coffee cherries A worker in a plaid shirt and cap harvests coffee beans among dense green coffee plants on a plantation in Madriz, Nicaragua. Sun-grown coffee Coffee harvest Coffee cherries harvested Drying coffee beans
Feedback
Corrections? Updates? Omissions? Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login).
Thank you for your feedback

Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.

External Websites
A Guatemalan boy wearing a cap carries a large sack on his back while walking through rows of coffee plants with red berries on a plantation.
Coffee plantation Guatemalan laborer working on a coffee plantation.

Coffee production

agriculture
Written by
René Coste
President, French Institute of Coffee and Cocoa, Paris; General Director, 1958–78. Author of Les Caféiers et les cafés dans le monde.
René CosteAll
Fact-checked by
Britannica Editors
Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree....
Britannica Editors
Last updated
•History

Coffee production, cultivation of coffee plants, usually done in large commercial operations. The two major species of coffee plants (Coffea arabica and C. canephora; family Rubiaceae) are tropical evergreen shrubs or small trees of African origin. They are grown for the seeds, or beans, which are roasted, ground, and sold for brewing coffee. This article treats the cultivation of coffee plants and the harvesting and processing of the beans. For information on the beverage, see...

Discover the world with Britannica

Subscribe to Continue Reading

Free Trial | No Ads | Exclusive Content
Explore Subscriptions
DNA
Right
Mobile