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Pictures from our coffee farm
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The motor that runs the coffee pulper equipment in our farm.
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Coffee drying beds at our farm.
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Sorting green coffee berries for debri and damaged beans. A time consuming task, when done by hand.
This is what the coffee looks like after going through the pulper, and drying in the sun for a day or two.
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Coffee farmers outside the building, that houses the coffee pulper equipment, and the washing troughs.
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Another picture of the workings of the disc pulper equipment, this pulley is used to move the ripe coffee cherries, through the rotating disc, and pulping bar that peel the skin off the cherries.
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This is a close up of the pulping bar and the rotating disc, the two troughs in the foreground are used to seperate the pulp and the freshly pulped beans.
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Before the cherries get to the pulper the outer skin is removed mechanically. This is done by running water. After the outer skin is removed parchment and mucilage is left, the mucilage prevents damage to the bean, and the water acts as a lubricant in the pulper. The water also helps in cleaning the cherries.
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Coffee washing trough drain.
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Looking across to the other small coffee farms in the valley, notice the N.O. of trees that are interplanted with the coffee.
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Drying coffee is covered at the end of the day, this is done to make sure the drying coffee does not get wet if it rains.
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