Quakers

#1: Post by **yakster** » September 15th, 2020, 3:00 pm

Interesting article on quakers

https://www.sovdacoffee.com/blog/2020/9 ... your-roast

#2: Post by **Marcelnl** » September 15th, 2020, 3:16 pm

Usually I pick much lighter beans or empty shells from the cooling bin but not systematically, may want to revisit that...thanks for sharing!

#3: Post by **Almico** » September 15th, 2020, 11:50 pm

If you like naturals, you have quakers.

I made a cup of quakers some time last year just to see if they ruin a cup. They do not. It was a pretty bland, empty taste, but nothing offensive.

#4: Post by **jevenator** » September 15th, 2020, 11:56 pm

Sweet Maria's also posted on this not too long ago. I still take them out when I see them. I was doing like 260g charges and 1 or 2 were very obvious. They tasted like popcorn to me...

#5: Post by **Marcelnl** » September 16th, 2020, 5:27 am

Almico wrote:If you like naturals, you have quakers.

I made a cup of quakers some time last year just to see if they ruin a cup. They do not. It was a pretty bland, empty taste, but nothing offensive.

cool, that is good news as it likely means they can stay in the mix!

#6: Post by **Almico** » September 16th, 2020, 5:51 am

I take them out when I see them, but I no longer screen an entire roast.

Color me crazy, but I also made a cup of shells to see what they taste like. Surprisingly, they taste like nothing.

Insect damaged beans are some to look out for. Rwanda and Burundi coffees are subject to the potato defect, where one affected bean will ruin a whole pot of coffee.

#7: Post by **TomC** » September 16th, 2020, 6:59 am

It's a great short article, but also a bit of an advert. I don't mind that, but it should be apparent that it's a sales-pitch.

Most quakers I've sorted out of East African coffees usually have a popcorn aroma or a smell akin to what makeup concealer powder smells like (an off-putting fake floral obnoxious grandma's perfume smell).

#8: Post by **Skylander** » September 18th, 2020, 8:21 pm

Had the opportunity to taste that potato defect at a cupping event once...that is no joke. Pretty crazy how one bean can spoil the batch. You can't miss it when you get it.