In coffee we talk a lot about different processing methods. You. might have seen terms like washed, natural or honey process when reading about our coffees. But what does this coffee jargon actually mean? And what does it tell you about how your coffee might taste?
When we talk about process, we mean the journey coffee makes from being a bright red coffee cherry (a fruit) to a green bean ready for roasting. Just like origin, roast profile, soil climate and varietal, how a coffee is processed has a huge impact on the final taste of the coffee in the cup and how the quality of the coffee is judged.
In this blog post we explain some of the most common processing terms that you might come across and how the way your coffee is processed could change how it tastes.
