because that s what next year s fruit was grown and given it was in a flutter. this is how you do it. but we re making the coffee cherries by hand is harder than it looks. on large plantations ripened and right fruits are harvested altogether by machines here they only pick grapes cherries. not wonder why only harvest the coffee when it s ripe and then work or even know that we will check every plant five or six times. takes a lot more time and money than checking each plant just twice given the quality of the coffee is better if you only select the right fruits more yourself they were allowed to be left with. europe s only coffee growing area is on gran canaria the third largest of the canary islands they belong to spain but are located off the northwest coast of africa. the valley where the coffee grows extends to the