Green beans sorting experiment
Yours truly torturing himself sorting out defect beans
So I did try the beans from Mt. Matutum. I’d say it has potential, but I can actually taste the defects in the cup. Maybe, just maybe, if the defects are removed, this bean will taste better.
There’s only one way to find out — remove the defects myself, and roast the clean beans. So that’s how I tortured myself this morning. To be able to isolate 16 volume ounces of defect-free beans, took me maybe 30 minutes. Uh-oh! Not a job for me.
But I did it anyway, and here are the defects …
Beans with defects -- holes caused by insects, broken beans.
But after sorting, I noticed there were still some defect beans I hadn’t noticed. So I sorted them a second time …
After second sorting ...
The beans on the upper left are the defects after the first sorting. The group in the lower left was what I got after sorting a second time. All in all, I got about 10 percent defects. A far cry from specialty grade beans, coz you could not almost find any defects from them.
The roasted beans, finally …
Roasted Matutums!
I’ll cup them after maybe a day’s rest.
I’m glad that my supplier, Fred, said he can sell me sorted beans.
Again … abangan!!!
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Nah, this coffee ain’t for me.
The search for local green beans continue …