shade-grown
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of shade-grown
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
Example Sentences
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And though organic coffee is often shade-grown, there is no requirement for shade levels.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2023
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
It is wonderful how beauty perishes like a shade-grown p. 257flower before the sunlight of analysis.
From The Gypsies by Leland, Charles Godfrey
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