Coffee De'Husker

[marlin]

Aloha,
I am looking for a device that removes the husks (parchment) off of dried coffee beans.
Anybody know where to find one?

Marlin

marlin

[DanielP]

Not right off hand; how much coffee are you working with?

[VancouverIslander]

I'm pretty sure you can get bigislandcoffeeroasters.com to do it for you for a small fee (0.30 or so per pound?)

[marlin]

I have four trees. Just for myself.
Checking out BICRoasters.
M

marlin

[DanielP]

For that small amount, I take a large terry cloth towel, put the dry green beans in; fold the towel over and start scrubbing. Just blow away the parchment. What little is left will come off at roasting and won't effect your brew. Try it and if you don't like it, Hilo Coffee mill will do it.

[topograph]

If you have a food processor, use (or get) the plastic blade and run a couple cups at a time through it then pour it between 2 bowls outside letting the chaff blow away.

[VancouverIslander]

Out of curiosity, how are you removing the fruit/mucilage? Dry or wet process (details?). Hopefully my coffee is only a year or two from first harvest.

[topograph]

We used to do the wet (soak overnight, remove one at a time, by hand). Last time we tried the dry (no pre-soaking, just let dry in the cherry). Not enough difference in taste between the 2 to be worth going back to the wet, we'll be continuing with the dry from now on.

[DanielP]

Wet process. Used to take my cherry to the Hilo coffee mill. They would pulp, ferment, wash, dry, and hull, roast if I wanted. Then I bought a pulping machine and can do all but the hulling at home. 120 plants; get about 80 lbs/yr. finished.