DMP 2.01 Pre-Cleaning and Pre-Milling on the Farm

Summary

• In this lesson we connect the drying processes with the pre-cleaning and pre-milling. 
• And we look into what happens when moisture levels of the dried coffee are higher or lower than the typical target of  9–11%.
• In Brazil, coffee harvesting tends to be highly mechanised. 
• Coffees are usually dried on patios and then de-hulled on the farms into an ungraded product called “bica corrida.” 
• Bica Corrida is then delivered to the dry mill.
• In countries like Guatemala or Colombia, when coffee is stored at the farm,