Shade-grown coffee
（重定向自Shade grown）
![Shade grown coffee in Guatemala](/Images/godic/202502/10/Shade_grown_coffee_in_Guatemala5918.jpg")
![Canopy coverage of a mostly traditional shade coffee plantation. Most of the canopy has been left undisturbed and coffee shrubs have been planted in the understory.](/Images/godic/202502/10/Canopy_of_a_traditional_shade_coffee_plantation_in_Guatemala5919.jpg")
![Coffee plantation with shade trees in Orosí, Costa Rica. The red trees in the background provide shade; those in the foreground have been pruned to allow full exposure to the sun.](/Images/godic/202502/10/Coffee_shadow_trees_costa_rica5919.jpg")
![Fair trade shade-grown coffee beans being sorted on a coffee plantation in Guatemala](/Images/godic/202502/10/Coffee_beans_being_sorted_and_pulped5919.jpg")
Shade-grown coffee is a form of the beverage produced from coffee plants grown under a canopy of trees. A canopy of assorted types of shade trees is created to cultivate shade-grown coffee. Because it incorporates principles of natural ecology to promote natural ecological relationships, shade-grown coffee can be considered an offshoot of agricultural permaculture or agroforestry. The resulting coffee is usually sold as “shade-grown”.