Packet containing 10 fresh seeds.

Kona coffea arabica is a variety of coffee, cultivated on the slopes of Mount Hualalai and Mauna Loa in the North and South Kona Districts of the Big Island of Hawaii. This coffee has developed a reputation that has made it one of the most expensive and sought-after coffees in the world. Only coffee from the Kona Districts can be legally described as "Kona"

Coffee is a very easy plant to take care of and a great conversation piece, especially during flowering or cherry development,
It is easy to grow in the home as a potted specimen, which should be moved outdoors for the summer if possible.
They do best in filtered sunlight, at temperatures of 18-24°C (65-75°F) or higher. They are hardy to -2°C (28°F) Plant them in any good commercial, fast draining potting soil.

Plants will take three to four years to mature but when they do they give brilliant white flowers with a beautiful sweet jasmine or orange-like fragrance. Dense clusters of flowers grow at the base of the evergreen dark green, oval leaves, enriching the entire room with their perfume.

Sowing:
Sow at any time of year. Sow seeds as soon as possible.
First soak the seeds in water for 24 hours. Then sow the seeds in a pot with damp sand or wet vermiculite in which the excess water has been drained. Use a pot, not tray – the plant has a long taproot and the roots need room to grow.
Once the seed germinates, carefully remove it from the sand or vermiculite.

Make a hole about 1.25 cm deep into a soil of friable loam with a high humus content. Rotted manure, bone meal, and dried blood can also be added.
Place the seed flat side down in the hole and sprinkle soil to cover the hole. Do not press the soil down firmly. Placing a 1.2cm ( ½ “) of mulched grass on top will help preserve moisture this should be removed when the seed has fully germinated.
The seeds should be watered daily. Too much water or too little water will kill the seed. The soil should remain well drained, but moist at all times.

After 2 months you will have a seedling with two lily pad shaped leaves. At 4 months you have a plant. The lily pad leaves will fall off as the plant develops regular leaves. At 9 months, the plant is really looking like coffee! You may need to re-pot ... it is best to allow the plant a lot of room for deep roots than confine its growth in a small pot.

Cultivation:
The plant should be carefully potted on in a porous soil with a low pH and high nitrogen content. A fertilizer that is appropriate for orchids can be used sparingly for the coffee plant to maintain mineral levels and a low pH (acidic). Water the tree twice per week. The key is to keep the soil most, but well drained.
The blossoming cycle and maturation of coffee plants is not determined by the seasons; rather, the coffee plant blossoms after each rainfall and therefore a single plant can contain flower blossoms, unripe fruit and ripe fruit all at the same time.

To spur flowering wait until the beginning of winter and reduce watering for 2-3 months. When spring begins water the plant well, this should shock it into producing flowers. From this point forward water well and regularly.
For best results and maximum yield, they should be fed every 2 weeks from Mar to Oct, and then monthly from Nov through Feb. Use a soluble, all purpose fertilizer.

The plants rarely grow above 1.8m (6’) in pots, or 3m (10ft) if given ample root room but can be pruned if this is too big for the allotted space. Pruning may involve simple pinching to produce a bushier plant, or you may go as far as cutting it way back.... right down to where only two branches near the bottom are left on it. The coffee tree does not begin to produce its full yield until its sixth year and will continue prime production for about ten years; however Coffee plants may live on for 60 years.

The coffee flowers are short-lived and wither after a few days, bringing forth the fruit, or cherries, which change colour from green to red as they ripen. The cherries take about seven months to reach the optimal stage of ripeness.
Arabica coffee is self-fertilizing so you will not need to worry about pollinating. Once the cherries mature you can harvest, pulp, ferment, dry, roast, and drink your own coffee production…A six-foot plant can produce two to four pounds of coffee a year.