"float" tanks like this help sort over and underripe cherries out.

you can see the berries that will be separated.

these cherries are skimmed off the surface

all these cherries are used for compost.

measuring the weight of fermented beans

five of the fermenting tanks at this co-op

beans being loaded in for fermentation

Tim Schilling showing how you get beans out of the tanks

chutes for emptying the tanks

the processed beans coming out of the washing tanks to be taken to drying tables

a view from on top, near the "float" tanks.

beans drying in the sun

the group checking the quality of sorting and processing.

another view from the bottom of the hillside.

the hillside.

a good view of the drying tables and the storage house.

green coffee resting in the storage house.

the initial sorting, before the "float" tanks.