Aint she perty?

My sweety pie decided to surprise me by ordering a coffee plant from some company in Indiana called Gurney. She was so excited about it that she could not wait the 6 or so weeks that it took to deliver it and blurted it out to me the same night she placed an order. I spent the next month “nesting” preparing a  good place to keep my new child.  I decided to keep it inside on my little indoor garden table that I set up to keep my plants happy during the winter months. It is still a bit fragile and under a bit of shock from traveling across the continent to arrive at out apartment in the Bay Area, but I am sure I will get it to thrive in no time.  I did a bit of research on maintaining coffee plants and know that I need to be careful with temperature and light and that it needs ample amounts of nitrogen in order to thrive. I am ready for the challenge and I am more than ready to reap the rewards that will come in three to four years.

Who know what the coffee beans that this baby produces will taste like. The Gurney Nursery was a little vague as to its exact heritage. They just label it as an arabica variety. I know I probably will not be starting a profitable indoor coffe plantation anytime soon, but perhaps I could have one for strictly personal use within a decade or so. Lets see, they say a average coffee plant produces about one pound  of beans a year, and since I drink about a pound a week (give or take), it will take about 60 full grown plants to keep me rolling in the beans.

Yeah, that could be workable.

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