When you read “process” on a bag of coffee, you’re reading how the fruit was removed from the bean. It matters more than most things in the cup.
Washed
The fruit is removed before drying. The cup is clean, bright, transparent — the bean speaks first.
Natural
The fruit dries on the bean. The cup is fruit-forward, fuller, sometimes wild — the cherry speaks first.
Honey
Some fruit removed, some left on. Sits in between — the sweetness of natural with the clarity of washed.
No process is better than another. They’re three different conversations. The one in your cup depends on the farmer’s choice, the climate, and what the bean asks for. When we choose a coffee, we pay attention to all three.
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