@Lhes
Harvesting coffee, the back end process. ***Coffee is LIFE!*** Yes it is, who doesn't **LOVE** coffee here? I bet most of us do, in fact I belong to those who could not let the day pass without having a cup. Yes, I know I decided to withdraw from drinking coffee and write an article about it here, but then I felt my day was incomplete without it. I was just reading some articles when I read what @FarmGirl published about " "***Barako love affair***". Honestly I was thinking another way because of the title but did not expect it was actually about coffee. Here is her article . After a few conversations I decided to write an article about it. ***Yeah, many of us love coffee but do you have an idea how it was harvested or how was the process to produce " kapeng barako"?*** https://read.cash/@Lhes/coffee-or-say-no-to-coffee-199e04bd https://read.cash/@FarmGirl/barako-love-affair-c58397e0 ***Well let me share it with you. Though ours was in a traditional way, well we don't have a plantation. Just a few trees. Hahaha.*** **The back end process.** If we know each other in noise cash, perhaps you have seen some of my posts about coffee. Yeah, our home in the province where I grew up was surrounded by coffee trees. Since I was a kid I was used to harvesting, not because I want to but because I don't have a choice. Hahaha , I was required, my grandma is a typical granny who doesn't tolerate lazy kids. As much as possible she wants us to be engaged in all chores. Coffee trees do not grow too tall but you can't harvest the fruits by just using your bare hands. We usually use a long twig where the edge was twisted like number seven, this is to pull a coffee twig/branches to bend. I can't explain it well but we call it ***"panga" in our dialect.*** My grandma was so strict, she didn't want a any branches to cut off so I was so careful in bending . Failure to do so means you will receive a pinch or a spank.
Aside from that, we also need to be careful not to harvest unripe fruits or what we call " ***bubot / linghod"***". Well it is easy to determine because the color changes to red once it's already ripe. But then there are also some fruits that are okay for harvesting but colors are still green. You know it because it looks plump, I on the other hand used to bite it just to determine if it's still soft then not good for harvesting. Silly of me. Don't blame me, I was still a kid back then.
Once we are done harvesting my grandma will pound the fruits using mortar and pestle to separate the seeds. Oh, not that one found in the kitchen. It was made of wood and big one enough to pound a lot of. I remember she let me do the pounding before because she was so tired. Unfortunately, I can't control my strength plus the pestle was so heavy for my age " *talsik ang laman* ". I was awarded by a pinch and it hurts! After pounding, we will need to make it dry by letting it stay under the heat of the sun. Once it is dry, she separates the coffee beans from the dried fruit skin using a winnower basket. It was so tiring and yeah, I know how to do that. Hahaha. Once done with the process, that is where we gonna go to the town proper to sell our products. You can actually sell it after harvesting but the price will vary. Seller will just buy it at a cheap price unlike if you sold beans. For our consumption, grandma will cook the beans in a pan, like frying without oil. Once it's cooked, we will bring some to the town proper for grinding. It is now ready to boil to make some ***" kapeng barako".*** **Closing thoughts.** Now at least you had an idea but of course the process will be different after harvesting as for sure those who have plantation have machines. That's the benefits of inventions. Life becomes easier and faster. Before I bid goodbye, let me first flex all my generous sponsors and of course the newest one and my new found friend here and I could consider as a brother @Olasquare. Feel free to visit their profiles as their articles are worth of your time. https://read.cash/@Olasquare That's all for today and have a great day fellas! Find me at noise cash, here. https://noise.cash/u/Lhes
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I heard a lot of people are successful in coffee business and with all the things you know, I can see your future in this.
Coffee shop is really one of business ideas. You just need to find a perfect spot
Naku sis I stopped drinking coffee already, but I always love its smell. Sarap siguro sa probinsya nyo amoy kape lagi.
Hehe, bawal din ako sa kape sis. Matigas lng ulo ko😂. Kung may source of income lmg mas gusto ko sa province sis
Hala ka, ako naman eh for health purpose, di kasi ako masyado nakakainom ng tubig kapag nagkakape. Hays sinabi mo pa sis, si hubby mas gusto magsettle down din dito kaya lang madami pa kami obligations na dapat bayaran.
Limit to one cup na lng ako sis. Iyan din pinag uusapan namin ni hubby.
Kaya nga eh, pagod na rin sya magtrabaho sa labas, at least kung dito sya magkakasama kami, yun lang talaga hirap kitain ang pera dito
Surprisingly, I haven't taken coffee in a very long time due to my health, but I miss the taste of coffee everyday!
Oh,,prioritize first your health Kristoff and maybe you can back of having a cup once your okay
I am taking my coffee at the moment haha. What is afternoon without coffee? Incomplete it is haha. Never seen the actual process of doing and harvesting coffee beans. But I witnessed hows the fragrance of roasting it and brewing. Coffee Barako? Wow Tapang hehe
Indeed your afternoon would be gloomy?? Cause my day would be grumpy if I skip a cup. Haha yes I am matapang, kidding. I can't take much of kapeng barako. It's too bitter for my taste eventhough I add a lot of creamer. Hey, it's been a long time I haven't encounter you at noise cash Eunoia. Kamusta na ang buhay-buhay diyan?
Here in Indang, you can find many coffee farm. I don't usually drink coffeee because I always palpitate. Thats my problem for me. I switched to tea.
I can tolerate only one cup of coffee per day . Excess means palpitation too. Where is Indang?
Indang, Cavite. Near Tagaytay po. Its quite mountainous and lots of farms as well.
I see , just like same in my hometown
I'm proud of you, your childhood friend, surrounded by coffee, I was also like this when I was 6 years old because behind my grandfather's house there was a coffee tree but not much. I almost fell there but the branch was so strong I was still hanging. You are a woman but have passed the time like a proud man for a beautiful woman. "Coffee does taste bitter, so does life which is always bitter, but when given sugar it will be delicious and the aroma and taste are distinctive like life, even though it is bitter but if you are grateful it will feel beautiful".
Oh my life was really bitter before, glad I found my sugar😁😁😍. Now I can feel the beauty of life
woww... you're also smart in replying hehe.. the spirit is always a beautiful friend.
*Na remember ko yung ginawa ng lola ko noong bata pa ako. May kape din kaming tanim. Ang sarap niyan e timpla pagkabago palang nagiling. Yun nga lang di kami panapasobrahan ng inom sa ganyan kasi nga bata pa daw kami, di daw nakakabuti sa amin ang kape*
Ang pait sis, pero ang bango diba?
*Oo sis, ang bango niya di katulad nung mga binenta ngayon*
Ang trabaho naman kasi gawin
I take coffee pretty much everyday but I missed it this morning. I am gonna go take after reading this🏃🏃🏃
Enjoy having a cup of coffee
My head hurts when I skip a day without coffee. Coffee is life talaga. I wonder, does it smell coffee na when you pass by the coffee trees? Kasi if it does, I want to own one!
Coffee flowers are fragrant, you will love the smell😁. Same here, my head is aching without a cup of coffee
ayan, parang lalong gusto ko magkaroon ng sarili kong ganyan. paano tinatanim sis? haha sana may article ka ring ganun, I want to learn more.
Hahha hindi ko alam paano itanim😂 Nangmagkamalay ako eh marami na kape. Buto yata sis, kasi marami ako nakikita dati na mga bagong tubo na kape
It’s been so long since I drank coffee
Oh, you're one of those not into coffee.
Very interesting. I love coffee, and I have written a series here about it ( https://read.cash/@Mictorrani/index-over-my-articles-at-read-cash-5f7c1e34#coffee-health-amp-history ); you are adding another perspective to it.
I'll check it
I love coffee and I can't leave without coffee in One day.. lol
Same here Faith
Coffee addict. Haha.
Woah, I love coffee but I've never seen a coffee tree or what the fruit looks like. Thanks for this information.
Welcome Daria, thanks for appreciation
I would like to have coffee with those new harvested beans. She told me to wait 6 months. Let's see what you say.
Oh who? Why six months?
Farmgirl. She told me.
Ahh I see, we were talking about coffee yesterday.
Wow. I would like to go to in your place sis and picked those beans. I love harvesting because it was such fulfilling dn nmn kasi.
Its so nakakapagod sis, I always got a stiff neck after
You're a coffee lover ma'am hehe I think you should be proud of that , yes coffee is life without it cant taste it's goodness hehe
I agree with you! Cheers with a cup.of coffee!
Waaaaaahhh. Same here. I grew up in a house surrounded with so many coffee trees and my grandmother doesn't tolerate lazy kids as well hahahha. Nothing beats kapeng barako hihi.
Hahha those days with grandma are really memorable.
Oh I am inngit or is it inggit , that is so cool what is your noise name Lhes?
Your lucky sis and you have experience harvesting coffee. In our place we don't have coffee tree and I wonder if until now you still have coffee trees?
Hahha indeed a great experience sis. Yeah we still have coffee trees. Though my mother sell them.now after harvesting.
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