In this episode, Nathan and Brad interview Baba Java's roaster and International team lead, Reuben and Josh. This episode serves as the second of three to introduce the art of roasting and all that it entails.
"A lot of it is where you're located. If you have enough water to do a wash process," said Brad. "Up until the 1850's, there was no wash process. it was natural fermentation up until then." - Brad
"The honey process just means its fermented in that layer that Brad called the "flesh", the mucilage is the technical term; the outer skin. And you ferment it just in that flesh," said Josh. "It looks like honey thats why its called the honey process. It's the color of it. The color of the seed after that has been removed." - Josh
"They call it anaerobic fermentation because the stuff around it, the mucilage or the fruit, is withdrawn from oxygen. Sometimes they use a water bath kind of like the wash process, in just the whole fruit. And sometimes they use actual tanks where they just take all the oxygen out. So it just means without oxygen" - Josh
Nathan is the president and co-founder of Baba Java Coffee. He founded Baba Java Coffee alongside his son, Joshua Parvin in 2017. Nathan serves as the big-picture visionary that pioneers strategic growth in all internal and external Baba Java endevours.
Brad is the Vice President of Operations and long-time close friend to Nathan. Brad inspired the business concept at the very heart of Baba Java and continues to instill their values in day-to-day operations. Without Brad, Baba Java would not exist as it is today.
Reuben has been with Baba Java since 2018 where he began learning to roast. He was truly born with a talent for the art of roasting and just became CQI Certified as a Q Grader last year. There are less than 7,000 CQI Q Graders worldwide and only 400 in the US.
Joshua Parvin is the Baba Java International Lead and co-founder of Baba Java Coffee. He founded Baba Java Coffee alongside his dad, Nathan Parvin. Josh serves as both a big visionary and day-to-day manager at Baba Java Coffee.
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