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Coffee Plant Care

With shiny green leaves and springtime blossoms, the Coffee Plant accents any room in your home. In the best conditions, this low-maintenance plant proves to be simple to care for. Plus, being an air purifying plant, you gain a decorative accent that not only adds beauty to your space but also a healthy touch. In spite of the beans being safe for human consumption, you'll need to make sure to keep this green beauty away from pets because its leaves are toxic.

How to care for your Coffee Plant

Use these instructions to care for a Coffee Plant. This guide will tell you how to water a Coffee Plant; its light, temperature, humidity preferences and any additional care it might need to help it grow.

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LIGHT

Your Coffee Plant thrives best in bright indirect sunlight. If your space doesn’t have a window or adequate lighting, a grow light would help. However, too much direct sunlight can brown the leaves.

WATER

Your Coffee Plant enjoys frequent waterings, especially if you moisten the soil throughout but without keeping it waterlogged. The roots of your  Cofee Plant  aren’t too pleased with standing water, so ensure the proper drainage. And remember not to allow the soil to completely dry out.

HUMIDITY

Your Coffee Plant loves a humid environment but would still do well in your average household level as long as it’s above 30%. In this case, make sure to give them a daily misting, or add a humidifier nearby. Browning leaves could be a sign of low humidity.

TEMPERATURE

Coffee Plants love daytime temperatures between 70℉ and 80℉ and 65℉  to 70℉ at night. While warm temperatures promote new leaf growth, it won’t increase the number of beans. Also, keep your Coffee Plant away from drafts and vents.

FOOD

The spring and summer growing season is the best time to fertilize your Coffee Plant every two weeks. You’ll need to dilute a liquid fertilizer at half strength to give your plant the best nutrition. In the winter, you can cut back on feeding your plant to once a month.

TOXICITY

Coffee Plant leaves are toxic to both pets and humans.

ADDITIONAL CARE

Coffee plants don’t need much pruning, but you should do some trimming every spring to ensure thick growth for the coming year.

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What's a Coffee Plant?

Botanical Classification: Coffea Arabica

About

The Coffee Plant is a type of flowering shrub native to the Ethiopian highlands. It’s best known as the source of coffee beans that are used to make our vital morning coffee. It has a lot of features that make it an attractive house plant, including beautiful white flowers and berries that contain the coffee “beans.” Coffee plants can get quite large when grown outdoors. They will start bearing fruit after three to five years, and can continue to produce fruit for roughly 50 years.

Coffee plants are fairly easy to take care of. They prefer shade and indirect sunlight, as well as temperatures around 70-85 degrees. Because coffee plants are from tropical, humid forests, you should always keep their soil moist and frequently mist their leaves.

Fun Fact

Coffee is native to Ethiopia, but as the name Coffea arabica suggests, it really took off in popularity in Arabia. One of the major ports of coffee trading in antiquity was the city of Mocha in Yemen— it’s from this word that we derive the coffee term “mocha”! Coffee is now grown all around the world, notably Brazil and the island of Java (hence coffee’s nickname, “java”).

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Coffee Plant

Perk up your plant collection with the Coffee Plant. This leafy plant features glossy green foliage that thrives in bright indirect sunlight. Caring for the Coffee Plant easier than preparing your morning cup of brew, making it a low-maintenance and delightful addition to your living space.
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