Natural
In this process, the coffee is sun-dried with the whole coffee cherry intact in thin layers on raised beds. The coffee undergoes 18 to 30 total drying days in the natural process. Produces outstanding flavor through natural fermentation
Honey
In this type of processing, the skin of the fresh cherry is physically removed by a machine without the addition of water, as with fully washed processing. After pulping, the coffee bypasses the demucilager to retain its mucilage. The coffee is then dried until it reaches 11 percent moisture content.
Washed
This process uses the mechanical demucilager to scrub away the mucilage from the coffee cherries. The coffee then undergoes full wet fermentation, where it’s soaked for 12 to 36 hours and then channel-washed. The coffee is then shade-dried for two to three days until it reaches 30 percent moisture content, then it is sun-dried on raised beds to 11 percent moisture. The coffee undergoes 12 to 19 total drying days in this process.
PROCESSING TYPES