This episode explores the simple drying mistakes that compromise months of careful work, and the low-cost fixes that protect a coffee's shelf life and flavour.

Part of The Coffee Producer Toolkit, a series made in collaboration with Lucia Solis, it will help you understand coffee farming better than most professionals you'll meet at a trade show.

Each episode takes one part of the farming business — agronomy, processing, fermentation, storage, quality, sales — and lays out what the best farms are actually doing.

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Related podcast episodes:

Lucia:

• Making Coffee with Lucia Solis — How to De-Funkify your Naturals
• Making Coffee with Lucia Solis — Germination: A Close Look at Coffee Drying

James:

• Filter Stories: Why One Colombian Farmer Chose Specialty, and the Other Walked Away

People mentioned in the episode:

• Lester Lerner, Old Willow Coffee, Colombia
• Orlando Osorio, La Primavera, Colombia
• Astrid Medina, Tolima, Colombia
• David Velásquez, Los Naranjos, El Salvador
• Jesús Antonio Chala, Finca El Silencio, Colombia
• Victor Chala, Palma Rosa, Colombia
• Melissa de Gasperín, Rancho San Felipe, Córdoba, Mexico
• Norberto Suárez, Boquete, Panama
• César Marín, Chacra D'Dago, Peru
• Manuel Matta, Santa Maria, Colombia

Resources:

• Innovakit: canguaro (picking sleeves)
• Pinhalense Cherry Floater
• Pinhalense Vertical Pulper
• Pinhalense Mechanical Dryers
• Tolva — Plastic Vertical Hopper
• Moisture Meter (Mid Tier)
• Moisture Meter (High End)
• Cenicafé Low-Water Wet Milling (Ecomill-type systems)
• Flávio Borém Drying Research
• DIY Moisture Maths (weight + fixed volume)

Lucia's Favorite Tools:

• Temperature Gun
• Ambient Temperature Sensor
• Temperature Probe
• pH meter & buffer solution

The Coffee Producer Toolkit is made possible by these leading coffee organisations:

The Coffee Quest | BWT | Descamex | InterAmerican | Pinhalense | Novonesis | GrainPro

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