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  • #16
    I think I'll be sending them back. Everyone I spoke to had concerns and said send them back. Dam was looking forwards to tasting.

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    • #17
      "Wouldn't the roasting temps negate / kill any potential negative effects of the mould?"

      I wouldn't want to risk it. Many molds can be quite dangerous. Can in fact not have an immediate effect. So say "Food safety". Reminds me of a tick bite.

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      • #18
        Please excuse my typing, doing this on a phone from the otherside of the planet.
        As I explained to you in the PayPal claim you made the holes you have found in a few of the organic certified beans are perfectly normal and in fact expected.
        The insect damage is done at coffee origin and only while the seed had its fruit. Once processed nothing I know will damage then.

        I spoke with a farmer of 30 years today about it too. It's not unlike finding an apple with a worm hole... Natural and normal and not something to worry about.
        The discoloration in the bean is also part of that process and won't grow or change unless you wet the bean and grow a new mold.
        Coffee that has been covered in insecticide won't get holes but it will kill every living thing around it including ants and honey bees (also confirmed today with same farmer)
        Your coffee is fine, roast it well and enjoy!

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        • #19
          My Mexican El Malinal has a bit of this going on. Roasts up REALLY WELL, tastes delicious! I'd take the holes in some of my beans any day than a bean that's finicky and hard to roast.

          I must confess, pouring out 700g to roast, I hand picked out about 25 beans that would've become roasting defects, but this is mainly 'cause I'm also hand sifting for other foreign objects before roasting. Honestly, roast your beans, they'll be fine.

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          • #20
            Ain't human beans strange creatures, we pay a premium for, and treat with great reverence, coffee beans that have passed through a Civet cats alimentary tract and then fired out of its arse, however its a case of shock horror when we notice a bit of insect damage on a few of em.
            Last edited by Yelta; 21 April 2016, 01:32 PM.

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            • #21
              I guess also these days people get shocked to learn that an agricultural product doesn't actually originate in a supermarket.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by herzog View Post
                I guess also these days people get shocked to learn that an agricultural product doesn't actually originate in a supermarket.
                It doesn't?

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by herzog View Post
                  I guess also these days people get shocked to learn that an agricultural product doesn't actually originate in a supermarket.
                  Sad but true, an old friend who was a primary school teacher in the city once commented that were discussing something in class, the subject of milk came up, the kids told her that milk came "from the shops".

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Yelta View Post
                    Ain't human beans strange
                    Where do you get those?

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                    • #25
                      If you spot a faster moving weevil, red white and blue in colour, that will be Weevil Knievel.

                      I'll go now...

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by herzog View Post
                        If you spot a faster moving weevil, red white and blue in colour, that will be Weevil Knievel.

                        I'll go now...
                        Apologies in advance.....

                        The slower one would definitely be the lesser of two weevils.

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                        • #27
                          My dad always told me "See no weevil, hear no weevil speak no weevil"

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                          • #28
                            The slower one would definitely be the lesser of two weevils.
                            a faster moving weevil, red white and blue in colour, that will be Weevil Knievel
                            My dad always told me "See no weevil, hear no weevil speak no weevil"
                            I'll see your weevil puns and raise you a...

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                            • #29
                              This thread has taken a great turn, love it.

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                              • #30
                                Hmmmm, as Peggy Lee sang (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCRZZC-DH7M) was at least expecting someone to ask Andy to (deliver us from weevil)

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