I got another chance! My first coffee plant provided me with a few beans, but not even close enough for making a cup of coffee. My second plant was even worse with only a single bean. Both plants died soon after the first harvest. After these two plants I kept trying, buying a few small plants every few years, and trying to keep them happy. Usually the plants would not last more than a couple of months.
Now, almost 15 years later things seem to have changed. Maybe it is the small drop in temprature, maybe it is the minor increase in precipitation (a bit more rain). Maybe it is something I dont even realise that I stumbled apon by pure luck. I dont know for sure, but what I do know is that my current coffee plant is thriving. It is still without flowers, but I feel confident enough to already start the research. I need 76 coffee beans for a single cup of coffee.
- Harvesting – Pick ripe coffee cherries when they turn red.
- Pulping – Remove the outer fruit to extract the beans.
- Fermenting – Soak the beans in water for 2-3 days to remove the mucilage layer. I will use my shrimp farm for some extra clean beans
- Drying – Let the beans dry in the sun until they harden.
- Hulling – Remove the parchment layer to reveal the green coffee beans.
- Roasting – Roast the beans in a pan until they reach your desired level.
- Grinding – Grind the roasted beans to your preferred consistency.
- Brewing – Use your favorite brewing method to make coffee
Not bad at all! Alan’s first football tournament has finished, and they ended up right in the middle. His team has secured fourth place! Super good! Alan turned out to be one of the top scorers on his team, and we’re naturally very thrilled for him.
The last match of the tournament! It would be very nice to finish with a win. It is a home game, so we have an advantage.
We have a new housemate! A hamster named ‘Pelucita.’ It’s a Russian hamster, but fortunately not imported. Our hamster was born on Spanish soil. We built her cage ourselves—a nice spacious cage with plenty of toys, a hamster house, a running wheel, and her food and water. I think our hamster is very content; during the day she’s calm and plays cheerfully with the kids, and in the evening she goes completely wild and seems to be running a 10 kilometer marathon in her wheel.
A home match against Victoria. The previous match against this opponent resulted in a win, although it was a pretty close call. Still, it make a new victory pretty likely.