MITIGATING the nightmare of having no coffee, Coffs Harbour gardener extraordinaire Peter Lewis is running a workshop on all things coffee growing.

His motivation?

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“If you thought toilet paper hoarding was bad during Covid lockdowns, imagine what would happen if coffee became scarce?” Peter shared with News Of The Area.

“To counter any possible restriction to your morning drug of choice I am running a workshop at Combine Street Community Garden giving practical methods, dos and don’ts on the growing and preparation of coffee from start to finish,” he said.

The slowest and most frustrating part of the process is getting the coffee seeds out of the coffee cherry.

A coffee pulper makes the job easy.

“What might take hours will take minutes with the hand operated pulper which is on permanent loan to those using the Combine Street garden,” Peter said.

The workshop will cover growing, harvesting, pulping and cleaning the wet green beans, then drying them ready for roasting.

Home small batch roasting will also be practiced.

“Imagine waking up tomorrow to hear there are coffee shortages but you’ve harvested and processed your own coffee,” mused Peter.

Anyone who has ripe coffee is welcome to come and pulp their beans as part of the workshop.

“Growing your own coffee is a sustainable and rewarding activity.

“Offering your friends your own ethically produced coffee is a real treat.”

The workshop is by donation and will run from 10am Saturday 7 October at Combine Street Community Gardens (behind 51 Combine Street, Coffs Harbour).

Coffee plants and seeds will also be available for purchase.

By Andrea FERRARI