How it is made — The process
Harvest, sun-dry, sort, pack — in that order. The order matters more than the speed: fruit that dries too fast turns hard, and no packing can rescue a grade that was poorly sorted.
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Fruit and nuts are gathered when ripe — the shell, the skin and the colour tell the picker the moment has come. Picked too early, the flavour never arrives.
Picking is slow on purpose. The shell, the skin and the colour tell the picker the moment has come — picked too early, the flavour never arrives, and no later stage can put it back. The harvest waits for ripeness, not for a deadline.
Step 01 / 04 — Next: Sun-dry
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The harvest dries in the sun, spread thin so the air moves through it. Drying is slow on purpose — it is what keeps the fruit sweet and the nuts crisp for the journey.
Drying has one rule: thin layers, moving air, and time. Spread too thick, the fruit dries unevenly — soft outside, damp inside — and never keeps. Spread thin in the sun, it dries through, and the sweetness concentrates instead of turning sharp.
Step 02 / 04 — Next: Sort
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Every batch is sorted by hand and by sieve — whole kernels one way, halves another, broken pieces kept for baking. The grade is decided here, piece by piece.
Sorting has two moments. First the sieve, which takes out the small and the broken. Then the hand, which keeps the whole kernels whole and the halves in halves. The grade is decided here, piece by piece — the pack only carries what the sort decided.
Step 03 / 04 — Next: Pack
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The sorted grade goes into its pack — pouch, carton or tub — sealed against air and moisture. The pack is labelled with the grade and the form, so a buyer knows what is inside before opening it.
Packing is the quiet stage, and the one that decides whether the journey succeeds. The sorted grade is sealed against air and moisture, and the pack is labelled with the grade and the form — so a buyer knows what is inside before opening it, and the product arrives as it left.
Step 04 / 04 — Then it ships
The sun does the work.
Nothing here is hurried to meet a deadline. Drying waits for the weather, sorting waits for the drying — that is the whole technique.
From the harvest
Six frames from the harvest and the packing table — the same photographs used across the catalogue, gathered in one strip.
Photography: Pexels, free licence.
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