Coffee Processing
at
Boquete, Panama
visit to Cafe Ruiz
(producer of over two million lbs of green bean coffee)
beans on the coffee tree
young trees being grown from beans
blossoms
to ripe beans
the measure of
picked coffee beans
(one red measure makes up to 10 in large container)
for separating immature beans from ripe fruit and removing red pulp
sizing the beans in a water stream
removing the outer soft layer
after drying, removing the hull to reduce shipping weight of green beans
green bean storage
no lunch during 2nd and 3rd shifts in this facility
coffee roaster
small roaster for taste development
mechanized
packaging machine
(for visitors to take Ruiz coffee all over the World)
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