What's the difference between: Green, Washed, Honey & Natural Coffee Processing?

To keep things simple, here’s a brief explanation of our coffees, the fermentation processes and how we process them to get special flavors offering a range of different palate preferences.

• Green coffee just means the raw bean before it’s roasted. Ideal for those who wish to roast their own coffee.

• Our washed process coffee would actually most be known as regular coffee . This process removes the bean from the fruit skin, washes all of the fruit pulp completely off before it's set to dry on the drying beds.

• We also have Honey process, (which takes the fruit skin off) but lets the coffee cherry dry in it's pulp to give it a more naturally sweet flavor, however takes longer to completely dry.

• And then there's Natural process, which we let the coffee bean, fruit skin and all, completely dry in the sun leaving it with an even more unique flavor. (Natural process takes the longest to dry, uses less water to process and thus is best for the environment).

• Our newest coffee is hydro-honey method. The Hydro-Honey process is a combination of natural and honey. It begins when the coffee is sorted for the first time by floating the cherries in water to eliminate defects. Next, the cherries are dried as the natural process and fermented for 8 days. The dried cherries are then placed in tanks of water for 24 hours. During this time, the cherries rehydrate and the water breaks down the natural sugars.

  The coffee is then de-pulped in the machine and transferred to raised sun beds. Here the coffee will dry for 20 to 25 days similar to the honey process. This coffee is offered only in a light roast so that its characteristics are maintained. If you like a medium or dark roast coffee please try our other natural, washed and honey process options.

Every coffee lover has their preferred method of processing. What’s yours? Let us know what you think in the comments below or send us a message here for more info!