The Purpose of Natural Coffee Processing_ What Does Sun-Dried Coffee Taste Like_ Pros and Cons of Natural Coffee Processing

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Let's start with a simple, indisputable fact: coffee beans grow like other seed plants (plants that reproduce through seeds), flowering and bearing fruit. However, we cannot overlook this process and stage, because from here to the final roasted beans, details determine success or failure. Perhaps you might think that green coffee bean processing isn't something you see when ordering, but you absolutely must not ignore it, because this step determines most of the flavors your taste buds will experience. For example, in processes like red wine, music, and love, we are all familiar with each step from creation to completion, precisely because we understand that the final result doesn't come easily. Therefore, we know how to cherish and appreciate, and coffee is no different.

Coffee processing (or processing methods) aims to separate the flesh of the coffee cherry from the bean, and different processing methods result in different expressions of sweetness in the final green coffee beans. These are then exported from their countries of origin to various parts of the world and roasted into mature beans. Unfortunately, most people cannot taste the sweetness in coffee.

One Processing Method: Natural Processing

Coffee cherries are placed in a dry environment, and as the moisture content decreases, the flesh and green coffee beans naturally separate. In distant Ethiopia in Africa, for thousands of years, the natural processing method has been continuously used for coffee beans and is regarded as a great masterpiece left by ancestors. Of course, you cannot deny that with the advancement of industrialization, the washed processing method also emerged later. Compared to natural processing, washed coffee beans have relatively fewer defects and a more balanced flavor profile.

Why Does Washed Processing Have Fewer Defective Beans?

Because when washed coffee beans pass through the water channel, due to gravity, the mature ones sink (the reason being that ripe and unripe beans have different densities). In contrast, the uneven moisture in natural processing leads to inconsistent drying degrees, and each coffee cherry has different moisture content, so it's common for defective beans to be mixed together.

Although naturally processed coffee beans may not keep up with industrial trends, their advantages still outweigh their disadvantages, so they still maintain a certain share of the market. In distant Ethiopian coffee plantations, natural processing has become a trend. Plantation owners' creative thinking, while returning to more traditional processing methods, preserves more original flavors. This would not be possible without the encouragement and support of green bean buyers and the coffee industry.

Natural Processed Coffee Bean Brand Recommendations

FrontStreet Coffee's freshly roasted single-origin natural processed coffee beans - such as Natural Yirgacheffe and Natural Sidamo coffee - offer full guarantees in both brand and quality, suitable for brewing with various equipment. More importantly, they are extremely cost-effective. A half-pound (227 grams) bag costs only around 70-90 yuan. Calculating at 200 milliliters per cup of single-origin coffee with a 1:15 coffee-to-water ratio, one bag can make 15 cups of specialty coffee, with each cup costing only about 5-6 yuan. Compared to cafés selling coffee for tens of yuan per cup, this represents exceptional value for money.

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