Comments on: Coffee Cherry Tea http://jim.casablog.com/2009/12/02/coffee-cherry-tea/ All a man needs out of life is a place to sit ‘n’ spit in the fire. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:21:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jim O'Malley http://jim.casablog.com/2009/12/02/coffee-cherry-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-6337 Jim O'Malley Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:16:34 +0000 http://jim.casablog.com/?p=837#comment-6337 I know, huh. I said the same thing to them. I think as the whole origin coffee fad grows we'll see more variation in the products. Right now they compost the cherries and return them to the farms (I think they sell it), so it's not all wasted. Who knows why coffee tea never found a niche? It might also be because most people outside of the coffee growing regions have never seen a coffee cherry and aren't familiar with its history. I live in the middle of it, and I didn't know half the stuff these farmers told me. The only other place within the US jurisdiction that grows coffee is Hawaii... another island far far from the mainland. So, in the end, it's probably a marketing issue *chuckle*. I know, huh. I said the same thing to them. I think as the whole origin coffee fad grows we’ll see more variation in the products. Right now they compost the cherries and return them to the farms (I think they sell it), so it’s not all wasted.

Who knows why coffee tea never found a niche? It might also be because most people outside of the coffee growing regions have never seen a coffee cherry and aren’t familiar with its history. I live in the middle of it, and I didn’t know half the stuff these farmers told me. The only other place within the US jurisdiction that grows coffee is Hawaii… another island far far from the mainland.

So, in the end, it’s probably a marketing issue *chuckle*.

]]> By: David http://jim.casablog.com/2009/12/02/coffee-cherry-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-6333 David Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:07:24 +0000 http://jim.casablog.com/?p=837#comment-6333 Okay, there must be millions of tons of these coffee cherries being thrown away every year. If we can find some way of making a sellable product out of them, we could make some serious money! Okay, there must be millions of tons of these coffee cherries being thrown away every year. If we can find some way of making a sellable product out of them, we could make some serious money!

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