Part 2: Processing Coffee Beans at Home - Soaking and Husking
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This is the first time I have seen coffee cherries soaked and then pulped. Is there a reason to do it this way?
The wet processing method I am familiar with is to pulp the fresh picked cherries, then soak in water for 18 hours, rinse and sun dry for 5-10 days until they are at a moisture content of 10-12% by weight. At this point you have parchment.
The paper layer is removed to expose the green bean. This gets roasted to create our coffee.
Where are you located?
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cant believe you have those cockadoodledoos we got rid of ours due to lack of sleep
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Are the beans of Arabica or Robusta species?
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this is a divorce waiting to happen
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This looks like the worst job ever! Who would want to do this? Well, I guess what ever gets you laid...
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Looks like a LOT of work! Is it worth it?
im wondering do you get the green beans out of the hard shell? The shells are like rocks how do you break them?
joannaleasa 2 years ago
Just made a video today of the process and posted it. Check it out, I am posting it as a video response to this video. Actually breaking the parchment isn't very hard, just time consuming.
time4aloha 2 years ago
can you please tell me after its dried what do you do then... i am wanting to know if you take the shell off the bean one by one after its dried.
joannaleasa 2 years ago
Unfortunately that's how we have done it so far. It's a lot of work. I'm going to make a video of that soon and our roaster. we'd like to buy or build a better de parching machine but for now, we are stuck doing the old fashioned way :)
time4aloha 2 years ago