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mlassi
Kealakekua, HI
March 23, 2009
06:40 PM Post #6309760
| Thats what we call the coffee flowers. From a distance it looks like the trees have a dusting of snow on them. 
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mlassi
Kealakekua, HI
March 23, 2009
06:42 PM Post #6309768
| The trees were at their peak Friday but I didnt have my camera :( 
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mlassi
Kealakekua, HI
March 23, 2009
06:44 PM Post #6309777
| and to show how beautiful yesterday morning was. this is Lanakila Congregational Church. 
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mlassi
Kealakekua, HI
March 23, 2009
06:46 PM Post #6309787
| and lastly a pheasant 
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Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
March 23, 2009
07:20 PM Post #6309935
| Hi Mlassi, do you make tea from the discarded red fleshy part of the coffee cherry? |
mlassi
Kealakekua, HI
March 23, 2009
08:24 PM Post #6310157
| No I dont. The pulp is used for compostor put directly under the trees. We machine pulp the coffee at work. I think if it was hand pulped it would be more attractive to use as a tea. |
AlohaHoya
Keaau, HI
(Zone 11)
March 24, 2009
01:28 AM Post #6311466
| TEA? From the discarded pulp? Oh, Dave...do explain, please. ARe you talking about tea for human consumption or tea for plant consumption???? |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
March 24, 2009
02:48 AM Post #6311558
| The dried red fleshy part of a coffee cherry makes a refreshing tea. It is commonly used in Yemen.
Dry the flesh, chop it, and add a heaping teaspoon per cup of water. Bring to a boil, remove from heat, let sit for a few minutes and strain it into a cup.
It is pleasingly sweet! |
Braveheartsmom
Kihei, HI
(Zone 11)
March 24, 2009
12:06 PM Post #6312963
| Lovely pics of the Kona snow, I can imagine how wonderful all those coffee flowers smell! Our trees have just finished blooming too but they look much more straggly than the ones you grow in Kona.
Got to try the tea recipe! |
AlohaHoya
Keaau, HI
(Zone 11)
March 26, 2009
01:52 AM Post #6321122
| Just told DH we have to try that!!! We compost the pulp (and pull out coffee seedlings for the next year!!! as many 'floaters' aren't really bad and they sprout) but this year...!!! Jenn...I'll send you some!!! |
goofybulb
El Paso, TX
(Zone 8a)
March 26, 2009
05:32 PM Post #6323823
| Wonderful, wonderful!
Note to self: go to Hawaii in March! Love coffee, but I never smelled the flowers (a slight problem, being in the same place at the same time kind of problem...)! I need to know!
Alexandra |
AlohaHoya
Keaau, HI
(Zone 11)
March 26, 2009
05:39 PM Post #6323846
| Coffee trees are related to Gardenia...and the fragrance while not as strong is similar. My greenhouse is out in the coffee orchards, with citrus trees blooming as well and the fragrance is terrific. Now...if it would just stop raining we could smell it. I fear not a large crop this year...or...it will all come at once!!!!
On the wet/cool side! |
goofybulb
El Paso, TX
(Zone 8a)
March 26, 2009
05:52 PM Post #6323896
| Somehow, looking at the coffee leaves, that's what I imagined! Cool! |
