The Importance of Hand Picking Coffee Beans
Hand picking coffee beans is an essential step in the specialty coffee production process that ensures the quality and flavor of the final product. While there are modern methods that use machines to harvest beans, hand picking remains the preferred method for many coffee farmers and specialty coffee connoisseurs.
What is Specialty Coffee?
I’ll never forget my first experience with a specialty coffee; it’s seared into my memory, ranked just behind the birth of my son and just ahead of my wedding day. After ordering a cup of Ethiopian from a local coffee shop, the tasting notes made me question fundamental truths about my existence. What is this madness? Surely this wasn’t “coffee”? It tasted like blueberries and blood oranges. I gathered the courage to double check my order with the barista.