![]() Adding coffee grounds to your compost heap adds nitrogen, (Thank You Wikipedia) We should be shipping our spent grounds to South America as a soil additive to aid production. ![]() ![]() I wrote a blog about adding coffee grounds to your garden for your acid-loving plants, but in fact, the acid is leached out by brewing, it’s in your cup. Cotton yields product each season while a coffee tree takes five years to mature. ![]() There the similarities end, we grow cotton in open fields while coffee does best in the shade on tropical mountainsides. Second, after harvesting, the fruit is mostly useless Its remarkable coffee and cotton share a few characteristics:įirst, both products deplete the soil it’s raised in The moment someone picks the berry, the clock is running the product passes out of control of the grower. Most of this book explains how we got here, with detailed remarks on the coffee economy.Įvery roaster starts with the best quality beans he can find at a price he’s willing to pay. At least we did, until Five Buck’s (thank you Dave Ramsey) burst upon the scene, and became a morning destination. I can’t recall what brought this book to my attention, but it’s a compelling story well told about a commodity we pretty much take for granted. ![]() by Mark PendergrastĪ history of America’s favorite morning beverage Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World (© Sep 28, 2010). ![]()
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