Natural Process

What Is Natural Processing? How the Sun Turns Coffee Cherries into Flavor

What Is Natural Processing? How the Sun Turns Coffee Cherries into Flavor Before coffee ever reaches a roaster, it goes through one of the most important — and often overlooked — stages of its journey: processing. The way a coffee cherry is handled after harvest has a profound effect on what ends up in your […]

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Ethiopia Yirgacheffe: The Birthplace of Arabica and Why It Tastes Floral

If you’ve ever taken a sip of coffee and thought — wait, is that jasmine? — there’s a good chance it came from Yirgacheffe. This small highland district in southern Ethiopia produces some of the most distinctive coffee on earth. Floral, bright, and bursting with citrus and berry notes, it tastes unlike anything else in the cup.

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