Great video, a friend shared this with me. Very awesome and informative. I'm looking forward to trying this one day. We love how the locals benefit from doing it the way it has been done for generations.
We completely agree. For us it was so awesome to spend time with the family that we were living next to as well as see how they grow and process their coffee every single year. They told us they usually grow enough just for their own consumption (that would last them for about a year), they give a few bags away as gifts to the guests that stay in their apartment that they rent out and a few bags here and there to friends or family. He was going out 2-3 days per week to harvest what they had planted in order to have a year's worth of inventory. So glad your friend shares our video with you! And we thank you for taking the time to write us your note! Love it. Ayr & Lori
Thank you for the video. I was always curious about the process, seeing it from you guys are much more appreciated and fun. :) wow, that fresh coffee must be the best coffee in the world!
You know Jasmin, it was pretty tasty indeed!! We think the best part was enjoying it literally right from plant, through cleaning, drying and roasting and then grinding it ourselves....so awesome. That felt, and tasted (!), good! You're welcome! Thank you so much for watching! Happy you watched and we really enjoyed hearing from you. Ayr & Lori
Ive heard you guys talk about house sitting and was wondering if you sign up for websites or how you get these home sitting assignments. What suggestions would you provide for me and my wife to do the same thing? Thanks in advance
Hi @joshuaarcona7579, Great questions and we appreciate you asking them. Thanks! We actually had some others ask us this also and so we made a video on it. Here are 2 links. They help you get started: "What Is House Sitting": ruclips.net/video/Ysmn54wuR_w/видео.htmlsi=2OkLOZ0oPzbdCnwn "Tips For Begginers": ruclips.net/video/XigT8of60tQ/видео.htmlsi=XT8kcxyp1qtsr84e In short, yes join some websites. Keep in mind that it's just like any kind of a business, it takes time to get going. You want to get started with the tips in the videos above and then keep in mind that it's a process....you can join the websites we talk about and then try to start taking some house sitting gigs in your own city to build up your references. The reason the websites are so valuable is because when a homeowner leaves you a reference it's logged and kept right on the website so you can send a link to other perspective homeowners. Even with house sitting, it is about character and honesty and providing a great service for people. :) Does that help? Ayr & Lori
Thanks so much for the compliment and we're really glad you liked her Guatemalan coffee video Joshua! Buying those local beans from our local Guatemalan family has probably been the best valued coffee we've run across and all our travels so far. Yahoooooo
@@PlanFree Thanks for the awesome and informative response! Ill start following the suggestions you mentioned and watch the videos you linked. Maybe in a few months ill get my 1st house sitting gig 👍
@@joshuaarcona7579 that's awesome! You're most welcome. After watching let us know below those videos if you have more questions. We're no experts but we'll certainly help anywhere we can! We hope you get some gigs right away too. 👌
Hi Alan, that's a very good question and we actually don't officially know... but what the local family that we learned from did is they just sprinkled it out in their chicken area and it kind of composted there if it wasn't eaten by the chickens. We also heard that although the cherry fruit part is edible it can give an upset stomach in humans so we suppose that's why there hasn't been any fantastic recipes developed out of the coffee cherry fruit part! Thank you for watching!
OK, so what are the whole cherries laid out to dry at around 5:30 (maybe I missed something earlier), and how do they get the "parchment" skin off the beans? Thanks!
Hi Simon what excellent questions! You are very attentive and a good student to catch that. The coffee cherries that you see drying in the sun at 5:30 we're actually any beans that were overripe or under ripe or dark in any way, they were also the ones that floated to the top when we were washing them. The Guatemalan family pulled all those "rejected" cherries out and laid them on a separate mat outside in the sun to dry and partially ripen them. What they did after that is remove the coffee beans by hand from these "rejected" ones once they dried and ripened a little further. We also asked about the parchment paper and the family told us that when they send the beans to the roasters the parchement like skin comes off in the roasting process. You can kind of see a little bit of that flaking off of that skin at about 5:46-6:00 or so. Did we help answer your questions? Are you planning to do a little of the growing, harvesting and coffee making process yourself?
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It's really nice to know how the locals make coffee. I never knew this.Very informative. Thanks Lori and Ayr.
Our pleasure!
Great video, very wonderful seeing how coffee is made from beautiful Guatemala. Thank you for the informative video 😊
Thank you so much for your feedback and positivity Columbo! We appreciate that!
Are you a coffee lover also?
Ayr & Lori
Great video, a friend shared this with me. Very awesome and informative. I'm looking forward to trying this one day. We love how the locals benefit from doing it the way it has been done for generations.
We completely agree. For us it was so awesome to spend time with the family that we were living next to as well as see how they grow and process their coffee every single year. They told us they usually grow enough just for their own consumption (that would last them for about a year), they give a few bags away as gifts to the guests that stay in their apartment that they rent out and a few bags here and there to friends or family.
He was going out 2-3 days per week to harvest what they had planted in order to have a year's worth of inventory.
So glad your friend shares our video with you! And we thank you for taking the time to write us your note! Love it. Ayr & Lori
Thank you for the video. I was always curious about the process, seeing it from you guys are much more appreciated and fun. :) wow, that fresh coffee must be the best coffee in the world!
You know Jasmin, it was pretty tasty indeed!!
We think the best part was enjoying it literally right from plant, through cleaning, drying and roasting and then grinding it ourselves....so awesome. That felt, and tasted (!), good!
You're welcome! Thank you so much for watching!
Happy you watched and we really enjoyed hearing from you.
Ayr & Lori
Great video guys!
Ive heard you guys talk about house sitting and was wondering if you sign up for websites or how you get these home sitting assignments. What suggestions would you provide for me and my wife to do the same thing? Thanks in advance
Hi @joshuaarcona7579,
Great questions and we appreciate you asking them. Thanks!
We actually had some others ask us this also and so we made a video on it.
Here are 2 links. They help you get started:
"What Is House Sitting": ruclips.net/video/Ysmn54wuR_w/видео.htmlsi=2OkLOZ0oPzbdCnwn
"Tips For Begginers": ruclips.net/video/XigT8of60tQ/видео.htmlsi=XT8kcxyp1qtsr84e
In short, yes join some websites. Keep in mind that it's just like any kind of a business, it takes time to get going. You want to get started with the tips in the videos above and then keep in mind that it's a process....you can join the websites we talk about and then try to start taking some house sitting gigs in your own city to build up your references. The reason the websites are so valuable is because when a homeowner leaves you a reference it's logged and kept right on the website so you can send a link to other perspective homeowners. Even with house sitting, it is about character and honesty and providing a great service for people. :)
Does that help?
Ayr & Lori
Thanks so much for the compliment and we're really glad you liked her Guatemalan coffee video Joshua!
Buying those local beans from our local Guatemalan family has probably been the best valued coffee we've run across and all our travels so far.
Yahoooooo
@@PlanFree Thanks for the awesome and informative response! Ill start following the suggestions you mentioned and watch the videos you linked. Maybe in a few months ill get my 1st house sitting gig 👍
@@joshuaarcona7579 that's awesome! You're most welcome.
After watching let us know below those videos if you have more questions. We're no experts but we'll certainly help anywhere we can!
We hope you get some gigs right away too.
👌
Very interesting, thanks for sharing! Do you know what happens to the cherry covering? Is it wasted or have the growers found a use for it?
Hi Alan, that's a very good question and we actually don't officially know... but what the local family that we learned from did is they just sprinkled it out in their chicken area and it kind of composted there if it wasn't eaten by the chickens.
We also heard that although the cherry fruit part is edible it can give an upset stomach in humans so we suppose that's why there hasn't been any fantastic recipes developed out of the coffee cherry fruit part!
Thank you for watching!
Thank you! For the interesting reply.@@PlanFree
OK, so what are the whole cherries laid out to dry at around 5:30 (maybe I missed something earlier), and how do they get the "parchment" skin off the beans? Thanks!
Hi Simon what excellent questions! You are very attentive and a good student to catch that.
The coffee cherries that you see drying in the sun at 5:30 we're actually any beans that were overripe or under ripe or dark in any way, they were also the ones that floated to the top when we were washing them. The Guatemalan family pulled all those "rejected" cherries out and laid them on a separate mat outside in the sun to dry and partially ripen them. What they did after that is remove the coffee beans by hand from these "rejected" ones once they dried and ripened a little further.
We also asked about the parchment paper and the family told us that when they send the beans to the roasters the parchement like skin comes off in the roasting process. You can kind of see a little bit of that flaking off of that skin at about 5:46-6:00 or so.
Did we help answer your questions?
Are you planning to do a little of the growing, harvesting and coffee making process yourself?