New Zealanders drink 3.7kgs of coffee per person every year ... that's according to data from the International Coffee Organisation .. which puts us just out of the top twenty coffee consuming countries .. but well above the global average. It's fair to say, we've cracked drinking coffee and making coffees, so it seems only right that our attention turns to growing coffee. More than 9 thousand coffee trees have been planted from Bay of Plenty through to the Far North and crop trials are happening in other places too. Over the weekend, the second annual New Zealand Coffee Producers Association conference took place to share what's happening on the ground in this growing industry. Here to tell us more is NZ Coffee Producers Association officer Justine Stuart.

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