Quakers – Young Kernels: To have a good cup of coffee, we need to know about young coffee beans. So let’s learn about Quakers – Young Kernels.
Check out these coffee terms:
- Density – Particle Density
- Mucilage – Mucus
- Parchment – Rice husk
- Peaberry – Culi seeds
- Pulp – The Flesh
- Silverskin – Silk Shell
Quakers are considered an essential defect in the coffee classification scale.
Derived from uncooked green coffee berries, after processing will leave “young” or underdeveloped, disconucleed, or deformed seeds. Quaker’s seeds may not grow as thoroughly as other standard particles during roasting, so they remain bright after roasting. When ground with average seeds, Young Kernels will taste like peanuts.
