Advantages of Hand Picked Cotton

As we have discussed in previous posts, cotton fiber length is determined by genetics and growing conditions. Ideal conditions produce long fluffy fibers that are used to create men’s dress shirts, 800 thread count sheets,  or a variety of other luxury products.

Although Egyptian Cotton consistently produces long fibers, the same can be said for cotton grown elsewhere. In the mechanized age we live in, almost all cotton is picked by machines. Unfortunately, these machines tend to cut and break the fibers.

Egyptian Cotton farmers pick each cotton boll by hand. While it is obviously more expensive to pick cotton this way, Egyptian farmers take great pride in their work. They realize that discriminating buyers all over the world will be willing to pay a premium for products made from their exceptional crop.