Visited a coffee plantation that grows high-end coffee for the international markets. Three pickings are done over a four-month period. Only the red beans are picked each time. It’s an old-school method with shelling, washing, and drying of the beans. Some of the coffee from this plantation sells for $4,500 for a single bag. None of those beans ever hit the American markets.
Coffee beans growing.
Plantation processing building.
Guide showing us how the beans are picked.
Coffee processing equipment.
Shelling and washing the beans.
Washing the beans.
Washing tanks.
Beans are sun-dried for several days being turned by hand every two hours.
Bag on the left is the highest quality of white beans and sells for $4,500. Middle bag is high quality and the bag on the
right is a mixture of middle and low quality beans. The bag on the right is what is exported to America.
Old processing equipment.
