Uploads from jakeliefer, tagged naturals

Ripe Cherries

nobody@flickr.com (jakeliefer) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:34:36 -0700

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They've begun to ferment on the patio, you can see they've begun to get slimy on the outside. This batch is a mix of yellow and red Bourbon.

Sorting Quality Naturals

nobody@flickr.com (jakeliefer) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:34:58 -0700

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By this point, the cherries have been sorted three times. Once through selective picking, next in the sorting tank and finally by hand before we dry the cherries. We're looking for only the ripest and best beans for our dry process cherries. This is countercultural in Guatemala, where typically only the worst cherries are dry processed. We want to see what we will get out of the dry process with the best beans.

Sorting Quality Naturals

nobody@flickr.com (jakeliefer) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:35:01 -0700

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Sorting

nobody@flickr.com (jakeliefer) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:34:54 -0700

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Josiah Spreading the Cherries to dry

nobody@flickr.com (jakeliefer) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:34:41 -0700

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Dry Processing

nobody@flickr.com (jakeliefer) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:38:37 -0700

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Collecting the best cherries from the bottom of the sorting tank before they get to the fermentation tank.

Dry Processing

nobody@flickr.com (jakeliefer) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:38:39 -0700

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The farm hands at FVH taking only the beans that sink to the bottom of the sorting tank to then be further selected and sorted. The beans that are at the bottom are the densest, and therefore the best quality.

Edwin Giving Instructions

nobody@flickr.com (jakeliefer) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:34:48 -0700

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Sorting these cherries truly was a lot of work that many wouldn't typically do. It took us several hours to get the best beans from the La Vega Microlot.