How to Grow and Care for Coffee Plant

The coffee plant with its glossy green leaves and compact growth habit makes a surprisingly good potted indoor plant. In ideal growing conditions its fragrant white flowers in the spring are followed by halfinch fruits called cherries that gradually darken from green to blackish pods. Each cherry contains two acidictasting coffee beans
Unfortunately it is unlikely that a coffee plant grown as a houseplant will produce enough beans to brew homegrown coffee. It takes 2000 coffee cherries or 4000 beans to make a pound of roasted coffee. 

In their native habitat coffee plants grow into mediumsized trees adding inches in just a few months and reaching two feet within their first year. Indoors the plants are pruned to a more manageable size. 
Besides the beans this plant is toxic to people and pets
Coffee Plant Care
Whether you grow coffee plants in your yard or indoors the best environment is one that mimics the plants natural conditions on a tropical midelevation mountainside. Here are the main care requirements for growing a coffee plant as a houseplant 
Place it in a location near a window but not in direct sunlight which can burn the leaves.
Maintain a room temperature between 65 and 80F.
Use rich peatbased slightly acidic potting soil amended with organic matter.
Water the plant as often as needed to keep the soil evenly moist.
In spring and summer fertilize with a diluted liquid fertilizer.
Prune the plant in the spring to encourage dense bushy growth
Light
Coffee plants prefer indirect light since they are understory plants existing under the forest canopy. Coffee plants that are exposed to too much direct sunlight will develop leaf browning.
Soil
Plant coffee plants in rich peatbased potting soil with excellent drainage. Coffee plants prefer acidic soil. If your plant is not thriving add organic matter to the soil to lower the pH.
Water
Coffee plants do best