I've looked but haven't found any topics on growing and processing and then roasting your OWN beans at home. Picking the coffee cherries is no problem but labour time is involved. Fermenting them to remove some of the outer shell is also no big deal just time consuming. Drying them in the sun is also no great imposition so that the outer chaff on the bean is brittle enough to remove when you rub a bean between your fingers to test readiness, but takes some care and awhile. I hope you are starting to realise this is a labour intensive process. Trying to remove that chaff from the outer bean to expose some of the last silk layer is damn difficult if you want to do it in bulk. Have any CS members got some suggestions other than elbow grease. Is there a machine of home use size? I have seen a lot of options, even abrading the beans under hard timber as a solution. I have 9 coffee bushes now and just one looks like it has around 5 kg of cherries on it, so I will need a solution soon. At the moment I am processing just half a kilo and it has taken over a week. Grateful for any suggestions, ideas or links that I am not aware of.
Why do this? Green beans can keep for up to 2 years and aren't some CS members interested in their terroir?
Why do this? Green beans can keep for up to 2 years and aren't some CS members interested in their terroir?

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