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Photo from last season on my small farm in Lampung, Indonesia (800m).

Robusta, 3rd generation from my grandfather. As you can see, the red is not even yet - many yellow and green mixed with red. This was taken about half a month before we finally picked, we were still waiting for full even red.

Right now, October 2026, my trees are at the earlier green stage again - so we still have to wait.

I have the final harvest photo of this same tree with blue bucket full of dark even red cherries - let me know if you want to see the comparison.

I'm a coffee farmer and I document village life as a farmer here. I sell photos and real farm stories on Fiverr for roasters who need authentic origin content.

For roasters - do you wait for 100% even red like this, or do you pick with some yellow?

Thank you for all the love on my last post! I wanted to share a quick update.

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> Still green and still 2 months away from harvest. This is one of the trees my grandfather planted. At 800m here in Bandar Lampung, the cherries are growing in really tight clusters this season.

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> We hand-pick only the fully red ones when the time comes, so we check them almost every morning.

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> I spend my days here in the village and I try to document our daily life as coffee farmers - the farm, the process, the village life. I share some of the deeper photo stories for people / roasters who want to show their customers the real origin behind the cup.

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> Happy to answer any questions about Robusta farming! What would you like to see next?

3rd generation farmer here. Just checking the cherries today. We hand-pick only the red ones when harvest comes.

Curious - for roasters here, does seeing the actual farm matter to your customers?

Happy to answer any questions about Robusta farming!