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In the field: these ripened coffee cherries are ready to be picked. |
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Meghan Casey picking beans. |
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A view of the wet mill El Beneficio Humedo. |
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Coffee beans being fermented. |
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After fermentation the beans are washed. |
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Thousands of worms work very hard to convert the left over husks and pulp back into soil. |
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Guillermo Vargas showing off some fresh soil after the worms have done their job. |
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Some quality control sorting at the dry mill. This machine sorts on the basis of weight, the heavier beans being the higher quality. |
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High tech laser eyes are an important step in the quality control process. |
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Getting the export sacks ready. |
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Coffee sacks ready for export. |
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The Cupper getting things ready for a public tasting. |
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Meg Fitz trying out her taste buds. She prefers to drink the coffee instead of spitting it out as a professional cupper is supposed to. |