17 Dec 2016
a href="https://www.wojinvalve.com">one way valve knows the maturity of coffee beans is mostly between June and August, sometimes it is between September and October. Well, different regions have different time of harvest. Some regions located at south of the equator like Brazil and Zimbabwe, the time of harvest is between April and May. Regions located at equator like Uganda and Columbia, the time of harvest is the whole year.
Coffee is a kind of crop that needs much attention, including its picking. The main picking methods of coffee beans are divided into two types: the first type is mechanicalpicking, another type is manual picking.
1. Mechanical picking:
Mechanical picking is mainly applied to the coffee garden that is large and flat. This method improves the speed of picking coffee cherries, but workers still need to double check if there's any broken coffee cherries or immature coffee cherries. The biggest advantage of mechanical picking is saving cost, improving efficiency. However, its obvious shortcoming is that it may cause the waste of immature coffee cherries, decrease the output of coffee beans.
2. Manual picking:
Manual picking is the form that coffee peasants go around the coffee garden to pick the mature coffee cherries in eight to ten days. The biggest advantage of manual picking is that the maturity of coffee cherries is even. It is convenient for the coffee beans to be processed, but it also take high cost.
This is the brief introduction of picking coffee beans, is it interesting? In fact, a cup of coffee contains a lot of coffee knowledge we need to know.
Tag: one way valve
Originally published 17 Dec 2016, updated 17 Dec 2016.
Blog
Coffee Bean Storage Tubes with valve keeps coffee fresh and aromatic
05 Jun 2025The WOJIN coffee bean storage tubes features a built-in one way degassing valve, preserving coffee aroma and freshness, ideal for display and sampling.
WOJIN Conducts Employee Product Training Session
08 May 2025WOJIN quality control training combined theory and practice to equip employees with skills to identify defects while reinforcing the quality lies in details philosophy.
WOJIN Showcased Coffee Bag Degassing Valve Solutions at HOTELEX Shanghai
12 Apr 2025WOJIN took part in HOTELEX 2025, held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai.