The ripe green coffee berries are picked individually by hand, by hand scraping or by machine scraping.

Individual collection, effects on coffee

Workers pick the ripe coffee berries one by one by hand. Picking one by one does not damage the coffee tree and is the most efficient method for high quality coffee. Under ideal conditions, pickers select only the cherries that are ready for harvest and leave the unripe fruit on the tree for later picking. Since only ripe coffee berries are picked, the quality of the coffee is high. However, due to competition, it is sometimes difficult for producers to encourage pickers to pick only ripe berries. Since pickers are paid according to the weight of the fruit they pick, workers also put unripe fruit in the basket as additional weight

Manual stripping, effects on coffee

This method involves picking the ripe coffee fruits by hand. This method can cause a certain amount of damage to the coffee tree, as it can crush the ripe fruits. Ripe and immature coffee berries are mixed, resulting in poor coffee quality and variation

Machine stripping, effects on coffee

Ripe coffee fruits are removed from the branches by machine. This method is very damaging to the coffee tree. Since the machine scrapes the ripe fruits together with the immature fruits, the product is mixed and differences are seen. The ripe fruits are crushed and the quality of the coffee decreases. #toper #coffee grinder #coffee harvest #coffee fruit #coffee tree #coffee grinder