
Cork with Carlos de Jesus
GuildSomm Podcast
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What's the Magic of Harvesting Cork?
Cork oaks can last 250 years and never damage a tree the trees are never cut down in fact you cannot touch a cork oak until at least 25 years have gone by that's your first harvest. The smell is unique it's this kind of a honeydew smell I mean it's an agricultural job harvesting cork by the way is the best paid agricultural job anywhere in the world It's so skilled and hard because it's very hardYou can easily be June July and August when the harvest takes place in this part of the world they can easily find 95 100 degrees.
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