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The process begins on the farm by carefully selecting only optimally ripe, deep red cherries. These cherries are then immersed in water to remove defective fruit and then gently peeled using minimal water to conserve natural resources.
The cherries are split into two batches for further processing. The first batch goes through the traditional honey process. The second batch is fermented in a plastic container for 120 hours using the actual pulp and juice obtained from the previous batch, which adds more complexity to the coffee.
After fermentation, the coffee is dried on African beds in the sun for 2 days and then on shaded beds for 13 days until the humidity drops to 11,5 % or less. After drying, it rests in storage in dry parchment (the layer covering the bean itself), which unifies the moisture and extends the shelf life of the beans.