Gardening with Jackie French: The coffee miracle

By Jackie French
Updated September 16 2014 - 10:09am, first published August 2 2014 - 12:00am
Merry berries: You'll need at least six full-size coffee bushes to produce enough for your household.
Merry berries: You'll need at least six full-size coffee bushes to produce enough for your household.

It is -2C outside and I am just about to begin our coffee harvest. Before you get excited, the total extent of our annual coffee crop is about eight berries which, when roasted, will make perhaps two cups of coffee.