Check out the process of picking beans at the Caffe Sanora farm in Honduras. All worker wages and work conditions are regulated fairly with Rainforest Alliance.
Picking coffee is very hard work. In Kona, usually you're working on the side of a mountain, with a picking bag hanging from your neck and a guava stick in hand to help pull down the higher branches. After a while, if you don't wear gloves, your fingers will start to get eaten away, probably from the acid in the coffee cherries. The best pickers could get upwards of 300 pounds per day! Next time you have a cup of coffee, remember the hard work that is involved.
Picking coffee is very hard work. In Kona, usually you're working on the side of a mountain, with a picking bag hanging from your neck and a guava stick in hand to help pull down the higher branches. After a while, if you don't wear gloves, your fingers will start to get eaten away, probably from the acid in the coffee cherries. The best pickers could get upwards of 300 pounds per day! Next time you have a cup of coffee, remember the hard work that is involved.
ralloddnas 1 year ago
coffee is good stuff :)
kingkirki49 2 years ago