A covered parabolic coffee drying room is raised off the ground on stilts so that air can flow beneath the coffee too. Inzá, Cauca.
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Honey
Tangy Citrus
Dutch Cocoa
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City+
Bourbon, Caturra, Typica, Variedad Colombia
88.6

Colombia Inzá Veredas Vecinas

Looking down at the old stone bridge that spans a section of Rio Juanambú. Puente Juanambú, Buesaco, Nariño, Colombia.
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Wet Process (Washed)
City+ to Full City+
Bourbon, Caturra, Typica, Variedad Colombia
86.8

Colombia Buesaco Rio Juanambú

Colorful mylar coffee bags at an association in Huila. This is in La Plata, not La Argentina, which we have yet to visit.
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Red Berries
Pomegranate
Spiced Cider
Wet Process (Washed)
City to City+
Caturra, Variedad Colombia, Castillo
88.5

Colombia Huila La Argentina

The bamboo frames of the drying beds are stacked in rounds like this to minimize weathering in the off season. Kenisa site.
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Honey
Apricot
Whole Spices
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City+
Heirloom Varieties
90.5

Ethiopia Organic Agaro Kenisa

A jute bag filled with ripe coffee cherries in Halo Beriti town, Yirga Cheffe.
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Citrus
Mango
Chocolate
Dry Process (Natural)
City to Full City
Heirloom Varieties
92.8

Ethiopia Dry Process Yirga Cheffe Halo Beriti

Mohammod, who was the coop manager when we visited in 2019, stands out front of the coffee processing site on the road leading through Beshasha Badiya, Jimma, Ethiopia.
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Berry Jam
Dried Mango
Cocoa
Dry Process (Natural)
City to Full City+
Heirloom Cultivars
91.2

Ethiopia Organic Dry Process Birbirsa

These women are sifting through the drying green coffee in order to remove any physical defects, or unripe coffee they see. This is only one of several passes that will be made over the coffee before export. At one of Kayon Mountain wet mills, Guji Zone,
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Jasmine Pearl Tea
Blackberry Juice
Lemon
Wet Process (Washed)
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Heirloom Varieties
93.5

Ethiopia Guji Goro Bedessa

Close-up photo of the parchment yellowing on their honey process coffee at Goro washing station in Guji.
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Pineapple
Marmalade
Lavender
Honey Process
City to Full City
Heirloom Varieties
92.5

Ethiopia Honey Process Guji Goro

Red coffee cherries dry on the raised drying beds at a Kayon Mountain site in Guji, Ethiopia.
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Tropical Fruits
Rue Herb
Bergamot Citrus
Dry Process (Natural)
City to Full City
Heirloom Varieties
94.0

Ethiopia Dry Process Suke Quto

Workers turn the dry process coffee on raised beds at a Kayon Mountain site. You can see how the color has changed from bright red, when the cherries are freshly picked, to more of a purple-ish black color as they dry. This lot looks ready to pull from th
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Blueberry
Cooked Peach
Fragrant Rue
Dry Process (Natural)
City to Full City
Heirloom Cultivars
94.0

Ethiopia Dry Process Guji Buku

A view of the Don Pilo plot within Finca Terrazas in La Libertad, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
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Snickerdoodle
Semi-Sweet Cocoa
Walnut
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City+
Caturra, Pacas
86.7

Guatemala Huehuetenango Terrazas Don Pilo

Coffee dries on the cement patio at the mill where Finca Terrazas Lote Hamacas is processed. La Libertad, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
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Dulce De Leche
Caramel
Mild Citrus
Wet Process (Washed)
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Bourbon, Caturra, Pache
87.6

Guatemala Huehuetenango Lote Hamacas

Film photo of Aler Villatoro in Peña Blanca area of Huehuetenango, Guatemala, cropped.
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Honey
Fruit Tea
Dark Cocoa
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City+
Bourbon, Caturra, Catuai, Typica
89.8

Guatemala Xinabajul Aler Villatoro

Caturra shrub filled with green coffee cherry that will ripen to a bright red over the next several weeks. At a coffee farm in Bojonalito, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
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Chocolate
Cinnamon
Almond
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City+
Bourbon, Caturra, Catuaí, Typica
88.3

Guatemala Xinabajul Bojonalito

Red Caturra at Miriam Gomez farm in Bojonalito, Huehuetenango.
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Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City+
Caturra, Catuaí, Typica
87.2

Guatemala Xinabajul Miriam Gomez

Parchment green coffee dries on the cement patios adjacent to Alesandro's home in Paraíso, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
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Butterscotch
Caramel
Apple
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City+
Bourbon, Caturra, Catuai, Typica
87.5

Guatemala Xinabajul Lisandro Hidalgo

A hand painted sign that hangs on a tree reads,
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Chocolate
Dried Apple
Aromatic Spices
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City+
Bourbon, Caturra, Catuai, Typica
87.9

Guatemala Michicoy Finca Rosma

The branches on this Caturra tree are completely packed with ripening coffee cherry, the deepest red looking ready to harvest. Farm tours in San Pedro Necta, Guatemala.
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Balanced
Cocoa
Caramel
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City+
Bourbon, Caturra, Catuai, Typica
87.4

Guatemala Xinabajul San Pedro Necta

The large green coffee seeds of Maracaturra variety exiting the fermentation tanks and into the washing channels at the Buenos Aires wet mill in Dipilto, Nicaragua.
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Caramel
Citrus
Roasted Barley
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City
Maracaturra
87.5

Nicaragua Maracaturra Los Medios

Clean water added to the green coffee that was just processed through the mechanical demucilager at the Buenos Aires wet mill in Dipilto, Nicaragua.
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Cocoa
Roasted Nuts
Vanilla
Wet Process (Washed)
City+ to Full City+
Caturra
86.5

Nicaragua Finca Buenos Aires