Part 3: Processing Coffee Beans at Home - Deparching and Roasting

[ntogethernow]

Did you let the roasted beans rest for a couple of days? They REALLY taste better that way.

[IgnatiusForYou]

I am a coffee newb, thus my following comment if it is not justified please criticise me.

I fee 06:12 made all those time and efforts go to waste nearly, I say nearly because I appreciate how you went through all the processes, with your partner, from seed to cup.

I have learnt burr grinders are THE way to go for a consistent proper grind.

[nullquible90]

I got a great tip for homemade espresso at coffeeloverstipandtricks (.) com

[AirelonTrading]

:)

Well ... now we know why it was a luxury item for so many centuries. :^)

[AirelonTrading]

Well ... like I said earlier ...

That looks like all sorts of heaven to me. I love the operation of picking / gathering, processing, and enjoying food straight from the earth.

Besides all of that fun ...

Its ... coffee.

Mmmmmmm

:)

[Loolee]

you should invest a pulper instead of deparching the coffee one by one haha

[backyardbean65]

Once the parchment is dry return it to the big morta and pestle and lightly pound to remove the outer parchment shell. I then get a cheap tarpoline and set it up outside an put my electric fan on it and set it to the highest speed. i then put some my pounded parchment in a large plastic garbage can lid and winnow the green beans till all the parchment is blown away leaving the beans parchment free and ready to roast.

happy roasting

Dave

[backyardbean65]

in a lot of third world coffee producing countrys they use a section of log about 11/2 feet long hollowed out at one end for about a foot that they put the cherry in and then pound it with a round piece of timber to decherry it making a very large morta and pestle. Most of the cherry skin sticks to the sides of the log section slowly creeping up as you pound and this is scraped of. This is how I do it. I then soak the parchment beans in water to remove the mucilage but you dont have to.

[joannaleasa]

really good video thnak you so much its fantastic lol your not kidding about alot of work... if you guys ever come to australia let us know and you can come over for a cup of our coffee... oh i got the answer to my last question,, you dried them in the car.. good thinking,,, i should have watched all the vid first!

[joannaleasa]

they look as though you baked them? dont they stay white..

the reason im asking is i baked my beans in the oven then used a rolling pin to crack the shells and the ones i air dried the shell stayed white.. what do you think pre roasting would do to the flavor are they better air dried?

i really appreciate your response.. and i might add we are nutcases for doing it my husband thinks im insane.

[time4aloha]

interesting they stayed white. Ours turned to a brown color when we dried them in the sun / (in the car parked in the sun). I like the idea of using the rolling pin, I might have to give that a go. Aloha