shade-grown

American  

[sheyd-grohn] / ˈʃeɪdˌgroʊn /

adjective

Horticulture.

1. grown in the shade, especially in artificial shade, as under a cloth.

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Etymology

Origin of shade-grown

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Example Sentences

Coffee consumers, he said, may have tired of wondering whether their coffee is single-origin, shade-grown, Aero-pressed or poured-over.

From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2022

In one project, they work with local village chiefs to cultivate shade-grown coffee as a business, a practice that can be done without inflicting a heavy toll on the forest.

From Reuters • Oct. 7, 2021

Nekaris also introduced the idea of shade-grown coffee to the village, growing coffee in its natural habitat of the understory, pollinated by insects, in sustainably fertile soil.

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2020

One afternoon last fall, I sat in the Free Speech Movement Café, on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, drinking a fair-trade, shade-grown coffee.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 25, 2018

This method is employed principally in Cuba, Florida and Connecticut where cigar wrapper leaves are produced, and such tobacco is known as shade-grown.

From Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers by Brennan, W. A.