Description
The cherries are passed on a mechanical siphon(cleaner), to sort any floaters and stay only with the dense cherries, and the cherries get washed. If it was naturals, they would go put in plastic crates and sent to the dry mill. Honeys continue to get de-pulped, and the beans get put in a plastic bag to make sure it retains all its mucilage on the bean. Once we fill the bags, we send them over to dry mill. For honeys only the pulp is removed, no mucilage. Varieties play a key role in the amount of mucilage.
The farm calls in advance to the facility to have everyone ready to receive. There they are weight and put on raise racks. When put on the racks as they get there, they get placed so there is no more than an inch in height, so they dry evenly. The first couple of days, they get shuffled around by hand to make sure they get dried evenly.
During that process for each rack, as they are shuffled, starts getting purged, by selecting the beans that present uneven characteristics. This process might take 14 to 18 days, depending on the ambient wind and temperature.
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