A Glimpse Into The Coffee Harvesting Process
We are having so much fun with our small coffee tree harvest right now. Each day Dave eyes the tree for new ripe coffee cherries and then picks just the ripest ones to begin the process.
After picking the ripest coffee cherries then we float them in a sink of water twice each time skimming off the floaters. After floating the coffee cherries we remove the husks of the coffee cherry exposing the pair of green beans inside their parchments. At this point typically the beans are washed a third time then dried to an 11% moisture content while aging in their parchments for about 2 months. Then the parchments are removed, the beans are sacked and ready to be roasted.
After picking the ripest coffee cherries then we float them in a sink of water twice each time skimming off the floaters. After floating the coffee cherries we remove the husks of the coffee cherry exposing the pair of green beans inside their parchments. At this point typically the beans are washed a third time then dried to an 11% moisture content while aging in their parchments for about 2 months. Then the parchments are removed, the beans are sacked and ready to be roasted.