We recently got back from a holiday in Peru. High up in the hills near Machu Pichu we dropped in on an organic coffee farm and watched the farmer's wife do an impressive job of roasting green beans over a wood fire in a cast-iron skillet. A subsequent taste proved interesting so I decided to buy some to take back. I asked for unroasted so I could do it in the Behmor at home. She came back with a bag labelled "crudo" and we paid and left. Get home to discover the bag was not green beans but parchment (unhulled) coffee! Now what to do? Started peeling each bean by hand but soon realised this was going to take forever. In an online search I find a guy basically crushing the hulls off with a piece of 4 by 2 timber. Much work later and a garage full of hulls I finally had some green beans. Roasted them up and am now drinking a beautiful creamy espresso.
Turns out that some people actually roast the unhulled parchment coffee. The hull stays on and chars but the bean inside still roasts. The whole lot then gets ground and drunk. First question - has anyone ever roasted parchment coffee? Second question - has anyone ever tasted roasted parchment coffee? Third question - could the Behmor have roasted the unhulled beans without catching fire? Your comments appreciated?
Turns out that some people actually roast the unhulled parchment coffee. The hull stays on and chars but the bean inside still roasts. The whole lot then gets ground and drunk. First question - has anyone ever roasted parchment coffee? Second question - has anyone ever tasted roasted parchment coffee? Third question - could the Behmor have roasted the unhulled beans without catching fire? Your comments appreciated?



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