Coffee cherry that looks like it was picked that day, now spread to a thin layer on the raised drying beds of Kageyo coffee washing station, Lake Kivu region, Rwanda.
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Blueberry
Tropical Mango
Strawberry Jam
Dry Process (Natural)
City to Full City
Bourbon
91.0

Rwanda Dry Process Kivu Kageyo

Sonia stands next to her coffee at La Loma.
Archived
Honey Process
City+ to Full City+
Caturra, Variedad Colombia
87.4

Colombia Honey Aponte Sonia Janamejoy

Workers sift through wet process coffee for defects while the coffee dries on raised beds at Gerba Dogo site, Guji.
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Floral
White Peach
Tea-Like
Wet Process (Washed)
City to City+ for brew, Full City for a bright SO espresso
Heirloom Varieties
93.3

Ethiopia Gerba Hechere

Clumps of coffee cherries ripen to a deep red color on a shrub in Garut region, Java Sunda.
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Malted Caramel
Pungent Spices
Cocoa
Wet Hulled (Giling Basah)
City to Full City+
Catimor, Tim Tim, Typica
87.1

Java Sunda Wet Hulled Laspada

Farmer Shitaye Abebe smells the coffee cherries drying on raised beds.
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Plum
Raspberry Tea
Bittering Spices
Dry Process (Natural)
City to Full City
Heirloom Varieties
92.8

Ethiopia Dry Process Chelchele Shitaye Abebe

Hand-painted sign at the Gichathaini coffee factory pointing the way to the pulping station where the coffee cherry is removed from the green seeds. Nyeri, Kenya.
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Brown Sugar
Stone Fruit
Hops
Wet Process Kenya Type
City to City+
SL-28, SL-34, Ruiru 11
91.5

Kenya Nyeri Gichathaini AB

The 3-disc coffee depulper at the heart of the Kamoini coffee washing station. The first stage in processing down to green coffee. Nyeri, Kenya.
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Wet Process Kenya Type
City to Full City+
SL-28, SL-34
90.9

Kenya Nyeri Kamoini AB

The town of Angin Angin, home to several small coffee producers, and where the farmer group behind this coffee are from. Enrekang, Sulawesi.
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Stout Beer
Burnt Sugars
Drinking Cocoa
Honey Process
City+ to Full City+
Linie S-795, Typica
88.1

Sulawesi Honey Enrekang Angin Angin

The wooden sign that greets you at Samaria coffee farm in Belén de Umbria, Risaralda, Colombia.
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Chocolate Malt
Brown Sugar
Carob
EA Decaf
City to Full City+
Caturra, Variedad Colombia, Typica
87.0

Colombia Samaria Farm EA Decaf

Workers sift through the drying parchment coffee looking for defects to remove. Mbozi, Tanzania (not Mbewe)
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Syrupy Sweet
Honey
Lemon Tea
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City
Bourbon, N39
88.2

Tanzania Mbozi Mbewe Peaberry

Whole coffee cherries dry on raised beds at another of the coffee sites run by the folks from Guji Goro.
Archived
Dry Process (Natural)
City to Full City
Heirloom Varieties
89.8

Ethiopia Dry Process Guji Goro

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

One of the best views from a cupping table in Colombia. Alianza mill in Buesaco town, Colombia.
Archived
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City+
Caturra, Variedad Colombia, Typica
86.5

Colombia Buesaco Alianza Granjeros

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

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.
Archived
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