page_title: Shade-grown coffee
section_title: Types of shade
hierarchical_section_title: Shade-grown coffee / Types of shade
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph by Dirk van der Made (User:DirkvdM - for more photos see user:DirkvdM/Photographs). Coffee plantation with shade trees in Orosí, Costa Rica, 1 February, 2004. Coffee in Orosí is grown in the shade during parts of the growing season, which is supposed to improve quality. The red trees in the background provide shade. The predominant shade tree here is poró (Erythrina poeppigiana); those in the foreground have been pruned to allow full exposure to the sun.
context_page_description: Shade-grown coffee is a form of the beverage produced from coffee plants grown under a canopy of trees. A canopy of assorted types of shade trees is created to cultivate shade-grown coffee. Because it incorporates principles of natural ecology to promote natural ecological relationships, shade-grown coffee can be considered an offshoot of agricultural permaculture or agroforestry. The resulting coffee is usually sold as "shade-grown".
caption: Coffee plantation with shade trees in Orosí, Costa Rica. The red trees in the background provide shade; those in the foreground have been pruned to allow full exposure to the sun.
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