来自星巴克的一点英语:从花到豆
From Flower to Bean
A coffee tree is a fruit tree related to the woody gardenia.
It's an evergreen shrub with shiny, waxy dark-green leaves.
It wil flower and produce coffee cherries once a year.
This happens at different times around the globe as each growing region passes from spring's flowers to autumn's harvest.
咖啡树是与木本栀子花有关的果树。它是一种常绿灌木,有闪亮的蜡质深绿色叶子。它每年开花一次并结出咖啡果。随着每个种植区从春天的鲜花到秋天的收获,这种情况在全球的不同时间发生。
Flowering
Coffee trees typically blossom once a year. The buds bloom into jasmine-scented flowers, often triggered by a lng rain.
开花
咖啡树通常每年开花一次。 花蕾绽放成茉莉花香的花朵,通常是由一场液化雨引发的。
Ripening
After the flowers fall off the tree, a cluster of green cherries form. As the coffee cherries ripen, they begin to turn red. The darker red the cherrie, the sweeter the fruit and the more developed the coffee bean inside. It takes nine months from the time a coffee tree flowers to producing ripe cherries ready for picking.
催熟
花朵从树上落下后,会形成一簇绿色的樱桃。 随着咖啡果成熟,它们开始变红。 樱桃的红色越深,水果越甜,里面的咖啡豆越成熟。 从咖啡树开花到结出可供采摘的成熟樱桃需要九个月的时间。
Harvesting
Coffee grown at lower elevations can be harvested by picking machines rolling through flat fields but the quality coffee grows on much steeper terrain and requires handpicking.
收获
种植在低海拔地区的咖啡可以通过在平地上滚动的采摘机来收获,但优质咖啡生长在更陡峭的地形上,需要人工采摘。