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  • April 24, 2015 at 9:49 pm #558
    Tara Dufour
    Participant

    Hi, I will be starting to collect coffee soon, but these are grounds from a drip coffee maker and tend to be very saturated. How do you suggest draining the water but still keeping the coffee sterile?

    Thanks.

    Tara

    April 29, 2015 at 4:35 pm #563
    Adam
    Keymaster

    Tara asked:

    Hi, I will be starting to collect coffee soon, but these are grounds from a drip coffee maker and tend to be very saturated. How do you suggest draining the water but still keeping the coffee sterile?

    Thanks.

    Tara

    April 29, 2015 at 4:37 pm #564
    Adam
    Keymaster
    Hih Tara,
    Great to hear that you are about to get growing.
    With regards to extruding excess water from wet coffee grounds, it is not something that we have done ourselves before. We’ve always preffered to source grounds from espresso machines as they are not as wet, but I have seen it done elsewhere by pressing the excess water using a wine press or apple press. To keep the grounds clean you could possibly wrap them in clean muslin cloth and then press the water out.

    Best of luck and let us know how you get on as I’m sure there are others with the same issue,

    Adam

    May 30, 2015 at 7:44 pm #588
    Anthony Campbell
    Participant

    Tara,

    I mix hardwood pellets in with wet coffee, if I have to use wet coffee.

    Hardwood pellets are typically used for fuel, but they’re great for adjusting the for wet substrate. They’re processed into pellets (extruded) in a high heat environment and are completely dry so they’re very good at resisting any other contaminants, if they’re kept dry.

    As well, the hardwood is typically completely natural and contains no chemical additives. Finally, they’re relatively cheap, at about $5 for 20kg (in Canada).

    June 8, 2015 at 11:48 am #606
    Adam
    Keymaster

    Great tip Anthony! Never used those before but they sound like a perfect addition for wet coffee and are obviously sterilised under high heat and pressure when they are made. Would probably help to break up the density of mix a bit too.

    August 1, 2015 at 9:46 pm #745
    HAIXIAO SUN
    Member

    Did anyone try to get the water out by simple wash machine, i am guessing spinning for 1 mins should be good to get most water out. take a try. more simple

    —Ted

    August 1, 2015 at 9:48 pm #746
    HAIXIAO SUN
    Member

    Antony: if adding wood pallet is your solution, any idea how to separate those pellet out of the ground? or just leave it there for future growth?

    –Ted

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