A Few Gems/Prior to Roasting
This plant is deciduous
This plant should be pruned each year to roughly 8 ft
This plant should be pruned to just above ground every 8 -10 years
Each plant-if cared for- can produce for up to 50 years
Coffee cherry matures every 5 6 months
All cherry should be deep red before picking
Quality coffee always picked by hand
A deep red coffee cherry ready for hand picking may be- and most always is right next to green coffee while on the branch
S.H.B. refers to Strictly Hard Bean- and reflects a slower grown bean
Polishing green coffee an additional step- However- Vast majority of that chaff is burned off during the roasting process itself
Coffee is either Wet Processed or Dry Processed
- Wet Process cherry must be pulped (red jacket off) within 6 12 Hours after hand picking- or will ferment Some folks strive to hold this process at bay by maintaining cooler Temperatures then dry till 12% moisture content ( 4 8 days )
- Dry Process sun dried 1st moisture down to 12%
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