It's a Portuguese article, but a well known thing in Brazil to leave them in water
https://www.nationalgeographicbrasil.com/ciencia/2024/10/voc...
I always do that, but I wonder if the companies that can them do that.
I don’t buy it. He’s says it doesn’t work but can’t explain why it didn’t work. Could be his method was faulty, the type of bean, the age of the bean, etc.
I rather take the experience of an entire country.
That said, the process is soaking the beans in water for, at least, 10 hours. You have to change the water four or five times during this period and toss the water at the end.
On the other hand, adding bay leaves are totally a superstition. Saw my mother-in-law trying to hide she forgot to soak the beans overnight by adding bay leaves and my wife had a bad aftermath.
I wouldn’t.
Mexicans think rubbing the ends of a cucumber makes it less bitter.
It’s all superstition until you put it to the test.