Wet Processing
The Washed coffee processing method includes the following steps at the various washing stations:
- Red cherries are collected from farmers, and purchases from farmers monitored by responsible person
- Then pulped to separate the skin and during which light and unripe coffees are separated (through floater)
- The pulped coffee then put into fermentation tank with clean spring water. It has to wait from 36-72 hours during which water has to be changed 3 times. When the mucilage is removed, the fermented coffee is released to the canals where the coffee is washed and floaters are separated again
- Then the coffee is put into soaking tank for 8-16 hours to increase quality
- After that, it is moved into parchment drying table for one day to let the water evaporate
- Then moved into beds with wooden posts for drying
- Workers continuously stir the coffee for uniform drying and to avoid moisture concentration
- Based on desirable moisture level, the parchment is dried for 9-12 days
- Transported to Addis Ababa where we have a hulling machine to separate the impurities and defects before bagged for export