Coffee Plants

madpierre

Good stuff. There is something inherently satisfying with taking the bean from tree to cup yourself. From personal experience, attention to detail at every single stage is imperative to reducing the factors which can come through and have a negative impact on the final taste in the cup.

Lacehim

If AM or any others are game I'm up for building a huller for us domestic folks to share about.  Can't be that hard!  Also on holidays I went to a pecan farm and the owner was into his coffee too and processed his own.  He gave me a good idea for removing the parchment... hopefully I can get into the garage soon to work on it. Also all the display stuff he had, it suggested drying out the beans with parchment on for over 4 months+ Great place to go.  The Eltham Valley Pantry had great coffee (one of the best I had around Ballina) and the pecan cheesecake was to die for.  He does tours of the pecan farm too which was great, and very interesting.

madpierre

For mine the most inconvenient part of my processing was moving the sheet of masonite I was using for a drying rack around so as not to kill the grass underneath. Interesting thoughts the amount of time to leave the parchment on, but probably makes some sense in keeping a stable moisture content, especially during the more humid months up here. Very much liking the idea of a communal huller, and not the first time it has been mooted although never previously with too much seriousness. But I would think that over the next few years we may see growing quantities of cherrys being cropped. I'll take a note of that place at Ballina, we'll be down at Tallebudgera after Christmas and I'd love to do another trip down that way. I got to go down there a couple years back from same trip and caught up for a very nice coffee with one of the lads from CS out at Mark Bullivants roastery. 

GaryatGala

I'll be sowing my seeds next month when it's warmer. Being in Perth where it's great for olives n grapes, not sure how it'll go here, but i will definitely give a progress report. This is where i thought hmmm, maybe i should grow it hydroponically and control the environment factors like temperature, sun and humidity. The sun is here blistering and dry in summer, so i guess some shade should be considered. And so another part of coffee journey starts...... Gary at G

DoubleRistretto

pics?

shape_shifter

I would love to be able to say I'm a true coffee snob, I go from grow to grind myself, I'm a true black thumb though.  Anyone got  a time machine so we can see what the trees have produced...sooooo long to wait  :P

madpierre

on 1318129364:

I would love to be able to say I'm a true coffee snob, I go from grow to grind myself, I'm a true black thumb though.  Anyone got  a time machine so we can see what the trees have produced...sooooo long to wait  :P

I ran a thread over on the other forum a couple years ago, if you search 'home processing from tree to cup' it will be found. The home grown coffee AM spoke of in the previous post referred to a further batch of cherries processed from this very same tree but with improvements in the processing . As AM says as well and was confirmed to me by Anne Cooper a year or so back, it is whehter the varietals planted are suited to our climate and conditions. She showed me a book which I would love to find, had the different varietals and countries where grown. Very extensive and informative.

Koffee_Kosmo

My new plants are just under 1 mt high Still babies KK

madpierre

Nice to hear, KK. BTW, the Marawaka you roasted in the KKTO turned out beautifully. Back on topic...I've seen a couple threads here already regarding home processing, and would love to see it have it's own sub-box as they can easily get lost in different hidey holes. I'm hoping one night at work if I get the time or thought to trawl through the three or four threads which came about elsewhere and dig out all the essentials regarding our little sub hobby. There was some brilliant stuff there from not just us amateurs, but also very helpful info from one or two professionals. There was info posted which you don't necessarily find in regular sites which are googled. Again, if I have the time maybe even try my hand at this techo stuff and put a pdf.  together of most of the basics if feasible.  Can be tiring AT WORK But some nights I do have availability of enough of my senses to put to good use.

madpierre

Quick question if anyone has an answer....if opened up fully inside, what sort of aperture would home grain mills have, as in at their roughest setting would there be sufficient gap for coffee beans to pass through at either the pulping or hulling stage.