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Coffee glossary

Natural process

Drying the coffee cherry whole around the bean, so the fruit ferments against it. Heavier, sweeter, with berry notes.

Drying the coffee cherry whole around the bean, so the fruit ferments against it. Heavier, sweeter, with berry notes.

It is the oldest method and the most demanding: a poorly turned drying bed gives ferment and mould rather than fruit.

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