Coffee Harvesting Methods - Why Does It Matter?

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This episode is all about coffee harvesting methods.  Is there a better one?  Why does it even matter how it's harvested?  Is one way better for certain situations and another way better for others?  We'll answer these questions and more in the show!
KEY TAKEAWAYS

The harvesting method impacts the quality, environment, and cost.
The ripest cherries taste the best.
Not all hand-picking methods only select the ripest berries.
Having green berries go into your equipment and machinery wears the equipment out quicker.
Machines harvest at a rate of around 200 times faster than a hand picker.
Adjusting the vibration of the mechanical pickers targets beans of a certain ripeness.
Most over-the-row coffee harvesters were originally developed for the berry industry.
Currently, handpicking is more environmentally friendly, but machines are getting better.

 
BEST MOMENTS
‘Strip picking is where they run their hand along the branch and pull off all of the berries. ’
‘You can adjust the height of the rods to initially get the riper cherries.’
‘There´s a right place for hand picking and a right place for machine picking.’
 
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Guest - Delvin Navarro of Navarro Farms-Hawaiian Monarch Coffee 
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Guest - Fred Cowell of Kauai Coffee, general manager
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Machine Pickers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emK2L6woquQ
 
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ABOUT THE HOST
As a coffee lover, physician, chemical engineer, serial entrepreneur, competitive runner, writer, and family man, Kenneth knows what it’s like to push yourself to achieve goals very few accomplish. He’s one of the best specialty coffee roasters in the United States as he’s a multi-year US Coffee Roasters’ Competition Finalist. He created Umble Coffee Co with the belief that, if sourced and roasted right, coffee can taste phenomenal and be good for you.
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Podcast Description
Coffee 101 is an educational show on all things coffee. The host, Kenneth Thomas, starts with the most basic questions about coffee and builds your knowledge from there. If you love coffee, are curious about coffee, or you’re a business just looking for a resource to train your team, Coffee 101 is without question the show for you!  Season 1 is all about coffee's journey from seed to shelf.
 
 
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