>> Ahhhh the good ole 70's

(cough cough cough)

Smoooooth!

dyzzypyxxy said:Fabulous, Robert. I am just down the road from you, and have a spot by the back fence . . .

How laborious was it to peel the red skin from the cherries? I'd imagine commercial growers have a machine to do this.

Since the cherries don't all get red at once, did you have to wait a while to get enough beans to roast?

Howdy neighbor!
Not hard to do, you pinch them between you fingers and it pops off, much like you would squeeze the inside out of a grape.
There is a small amount of "fruit" around the bean which taste a bit like Cantaloupe. One thing I learned from the coffee tour was most coffees they wash this bit of fruit off the bean before roasting... but you can leave it on after you skin them and let that dry on and it makes a sweeter, mellow cup of coffee.
We collected over a period of time of about a month or so.. to get enough to roast. The key... under ripe they get bitter over ripe it gets sour... So about once a day or so one of us would check and pick beans that were ripe...skin it and place it in a bowl to dry...
So far the squirrels and birds don't seem to have a taste for java.

RobertB

Rick, pass me the Doritos and dip, man!

Todays seeds...







RobertB

Susie, like, that takes me back to the good old days.

Rick,
It's amazing what a really good home grown and brewed cuppa joe will do for ya. Yea... I hear ya :)

RobertB... Wish we had "scratch and sniff" computers. Love to get a whiff of your brew!