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The worm farm begins
Day one at Kintamani was a bit of an unknown quantity. We arrived at Ulian Murni to the usual friendly welcome. Ibu Khartini, affectionately nicknamed the worm lady had met us on the way up and we quickly sat down to come up with a plan of attack. A massive worm farm was the objective to handle the coffee pulp that is a waste product of the coffee process. Before we could pick up a shovel in anger we were treated to the usual morning tea and Kopi Bali which fuelled us up for the day ahead. We quickly set to moving a small mountain of fermented coffee pulp that had been festering for a few days. In true Bali style we moved the pulp around in circles until a way forward emerged. The Aussie contingent represented in solid fashion and moved a heap of pulp to create the room for the walls of the worm farms. The Bali boys then took over and started the wall construction with the Aussies acting as willing labourers. In no time the wall was up and whilst not a marvel of modern engineering it looked sturdy and will do the job. A little smelly and weary we jumped back in the van for the ride back to Ubud, ready for another great meal out. Tomorrow we cup with the growers as we try to get them understanding the basic principles of cupping and bridge the gap between origin and the end user.
It’s Über time!
The Über Boiler
I have just installed our first Marco Über Boiler in a stainless steel bench which will serve as a mobile cart for our planned Über Boiler roadshow commencing mid way through next month. After cutting the required 410 x 195 mm hole in the newly purchased bench the unit drops straight in and holds itself in place under its own weight. My first observation is that the brushed metal finish of the base unit and the polished stainless steel water font look fantastic. The production version is much more narrow than the prototype and has a combined display/controller rather than the separate temperature and weight displays.
Connection to the filtered water supply is though a 350kPa pressure reducer. Attach a 15 Amp plug, put the drain hose into a bucket, position the Über grinder along side and we are ready to roll. Over next week or so we will be putting the Über Boiler through its paces using a number of different coffees, temperatures and baristi. Stay tuned!
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