Identifying mouldy beans
Hi,
I was wondering if someone could give me some guides for identifying mouldy beans.
I'm new to chocolate making and recently roasted a new batch of beans I had. AsI was doing a pre-roast scan,maybe 10 beans out of ~500 were a duller/grey shell colour covered in white. The bean still seemed a full, "plump" bean - not withered or shrunk.Is this what mould looks like on a bean? I seemed to have a gut instinct not to use them, but then realised I actually had no idea what a mouldy bean looks like.
Is mould on the shell OK (because it gets removed) or does it indicate something askew with the nib?
Is a small % of mouldy beans OK to use or does it affect taste pretty quickly?
Thanks for any help