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What are the picking methods of coffee beans?

Published: 2026-04-11 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/04/11, Pruning and stripping in mountainous areas, due to the inability to use large machinery, people are still using manual picking method, of which the most efficient is pruning and stripping method. Like machine picking, this method lacks accuracy. Although the cost of the equipment is not high, it still needs to be sorted after picking to pick out immature fruits and sundries. Hand-picked for high-quality coffee, hand

Pruning and peeling

In mountainous areas, people are still picking by hand because of the inability to use large machinery, of which pruning and stripping is the most efficient. Like machine picking, this method lacks accuracy. Although the cost of the equipment is not high, it still needs to be sorted after picking to pick out immature fruits and sundries. Hand picking

For high-quality coffee, picking by hand is the most effective method. Pickers will pick according to maturity, leaving immature fruit to continue to grow. Manual picking has a large amount of labor, and plantation operators need to pay enough remuneration for workers, so as to ensure the accuracy of manual picking. Usually, operators will pay workers according to their weight, which will cause workers to be opportunistic and muddle through with immature fruits. Therefore, operators must do a good job in quality control in the picking process and encourage workers to pick fruits with a unified maturity.

After picking, people will pour the fruit into the water tank for further selection, mature fruit will sink to the bottom, immature fruit will float, sorting is easier. Fruit drop collection

The picker will collect the fruit falling from the tree, whether ripe or not. These fruits are usually stored separately and sold as low-quality products, even in the best plantations, because leaving them in the soil can cause a series of problems for the plantations, especially from diseases and insect pests such as coffee moths. The good flavor hidden in raw beans will be lost bit by bit. Over the years, how to prolong or maintain the good quality of raw beans has always been an important issue for coffee lovers and people in the industry. Many foreign experts and coffee groups have studied this issue and published a large number of research results.

The conclusion is quite simple: the ideal storage should be to keep raw beans in an environment that avoids exposure to moisture and odors, slows respiration and prevents oxygen from entering the beans. In other words, it is the best known way to pack it in a vacuum bag and then put it in the freezer.

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