Dry Processing
The Dry coffee processing includes the following steps at the various washing stations:
- Red cherries are collected from farmers
- Placed into tanker to separate floater
- The sinking cherries will be put on a bed in single layer to dry
- Workers stir 2 times an hour to get uniform drying
- In the mean time, workers pick unripe and defective beans
- After few days, the coffee may be put in 2 layers
- Coffee dried for 8-15 days on shinny days, or 15-20 days if cloudy, and based on the desiredmoisture level
- Stored in to warehouse for 5-8 days to conditioning
- Once ready, it is hulled at farm gate to separate the cover
- Transported to Addis Ababa for secondary hulling and cleaning (to separate impurities and defects) before bagged for export