12-25-2019, 01:58 PM
After trying various techniques I've discovered that a blender works really well. I resisted trying for a long time because I have a coffee grinder attachment that uses the same blades but the green beans are small and hard enough it actually works, I'm estimating far less than 5% of beans are damaged and those might have had something wrong with them to begin with and they disappear during the winnowing process along with the parchment. I use a fan but the hair dryer makes a lot more sense for small batches- thanks for the suggestion.
I've seen videos where people dull the blender blades and I'm thinking of ordering a new set for this purpose. It's really pretty minimal just rounding off the points at the end. I guess absent a "home duhuller" product on the market this is probably the direction I'm going. We just planted a bunch more coffee trees and plan to plant at least 6 more. Our "estate" coffee was a bigger hit with mainland Christmas recipients than we could have imagined so we're looking at reducing the amount of time we spend getting the coffee ready. Growing it is the easy part.
I've seen videos where people dull the blender blades and I'm thinking of ordering a new set for this purpose. It's really pretty minimal just rounding off the points at the end. I guess absent a "home duhuller" product on the market this is probably the direction I'm going. We just planted a bunch more coffee trees and plan to plant at least 6 more. Our "estate" coffee was a bigger hit with mainland Christmas recipients than we could have imagined so we're looking at reducing the amount of time we spend getting the coffee ready. Growing it is the easy part.