Coffee in Fern Forest?

[dobanion]

From what I gather, cool and shaded is ok, in many cases better for coffee. Yields might be lower, but that's fine. Not going for maximum yield. I like the idea of preserving the natural forest, and having coffee growing in the partial shade of the ohias. Some folks in Kona are doing it that way, others use the shade of mac or mango trees.

Read that the cooler, shaded coffees develop slower, and make for a richer cup.

I guess I wonder, what's stopping more people from small scale coffee farming in Puna? The math works out pretty good on cost/acre and yield/acre.