Ethiopia Dry Process Bensa Kokose
Archived
Dry Process (Natural)
City to Full City+
Heirloom Varieties
90.0

Ethiopia Dry Process Bensa Kokose

Parchment-covered coffee drying on raised beds at one of the coffee cooperatives who contributed to this blend.
Archived
Caramel
Semi-Sweet Cocoa
Spiced Finish
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City+
Bourbon
88.7

Rwanda Milles Collines Peaberry

Farm manager Moses surveys the small pulper used at Spike, and coffee dries on raised beds in the background. Kiambu, Kenya.
Archived
Molasses
Hibiscus
Black Tea
Wet Process Kenya Type
City to Full City
SL-28, SL-34, Ruiru 11
90.5

Kenya Kiambu Spike AB

A disc depulper machine
Archived
Dark Caramel
Black Tea
Red Berry
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City+
Bourbon
89.5

Rwanda Rulindo Tumba

Sweet Maria's 10 Speed Bike Cupping Spoon

Sweet Maria's 10 Speed Bike Cupping Spoon

Coffee Roasting: Best Practices by Scott Rao, cover detail

Coffee Roasting: Best Practices by Scott Rao

Ripe red coffee cherry pulled from the delivery tanks at Gitwe station during a 2024 visit. Nyamasheke, Rwanda.
Archived
Brown Sugar
Citrus
Warming Spice
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City+
Bourbon
88.2

Rwanda Nyamasheke Gitwe

Ripe red coffee cherry growing on a shrub right next to the Kianamui factory in Kirinyaga.
Archived
Wet Process Kenya Type
City to Full City+
SL-28, SL-34, Ruiru-11
89.2

Kenya Kirinyaga Kainamui AB

Standing at the gate to the Othaya Farmer's Cooperative Society offices in Nyeri, the society under which Karuthi operates. Nyeri, Kenya.
Archived
Wet Process Kenya Type
City to City+
SL-28, SL-34, Ruiru 11
91.7

Kenya Nyeri Karuthi AA

Basic bare wire thermocouple, 36 inches long with mini plug

Bare K-Type Thermocouple

A farmer shows us the ripe cherries used to produce their grade 1 coffee at a station in Uraga (not Siko).
Archived
Wet Process (Washed)
City to City+
Heirloom Cultivars
92.7

Ethiopia Uraga Siko

Hand-painted sign that reads,
Archived
Wet Process Kenya Type
City to Full City
SL-28, SL-34, Ruiru 11
89.3

Kenya Nyeri Rukira Peaberry

Common 3-disc coffee depulper used for removing much of the cherry and fruit from the coffee beans during wet processing. Nyeri,
Archived
Toasted Sugar
Citrus
Black Tea
Wet Process (Washed)
City to City+
SL-28, SL-34
90.5

Kenya Nyeri Karindundu AB

A worker turns wet hulled coffee on a large cement drying patio in Aceh, Sumatra.
Archived
Rustic Sweetness
Tobacco
Aromatic Wood
Wet Hulled (Giling Basah)
City+ to Full City+
Gayo 1, Gayo 2, Gayo 3
86.7

Sumatra Organic Wet Hulled Aceh Tengah

Workers agitate the wet process coffee in washing channels to remove any remaining fruit mucilage before drying. Guji Zone, Ethiopia (not Gogogu).
Archived
Wet Process (Washed)
City to City+
Heirloom Varieties
92.5

Ethiopia Uraga Gogogu

Dry process and honey process coffee dries on raised tables at Tacubaya mill, run by the Duarte family of finca Miravalles, San Luis, San Miguel, etc. Ahuachapan, El Salvador.
Archived
Plum Wine
Pulpy
Dark Cocoa
Dry Process (Natural)
City to Full City
Centroamericano H1
86.9

El Salvador Dry Process Finca San Luis

Sorting out unripe coffee cherries by hand at the Kibingo coffee mill in Kayanza. The cherry will be sorted throughout the drying stage (roughly 30 days) and helps produce the top grades.
Archived
Dry Process (Natural)
City to Full City+
Bourbon
89.8

Burundi Dry Process Kibingo

Red coffee cherries dry on raised beds at the Gitesi site. This is the dry process method, and a first for us from this station.
Archived
Dry Process (Natural)
City to Full City
Bourbon
90.2

Rwanda Dry Process Karongi Gitesi

Front view of the Quest M3s with a weighted drop door, analog thermometer and small trier.

Quest M3s Coffee Roaster