Om dyrkningen og forarbejdningen -
This naturally processed coffee requires extremely careful picking – it is just on its way to the wine stage, and if you miss the right time, the coffee will be lost. It is not only us who are eager to get this coffee – our neighbors, the baboons, face the same challenge as us – to get the coffee at the right time, when the sweetness reaches its peak development point.
The sweetness of the coffee is checked after the berries have reached a deep red colour using a refractometer, which measures brix. After picking, the coffee berries are spread in extremely thin layers to dry in the African sun. Frequent turning every day ensures that the coffee reaches the optimum moisture content. The coffee is matured for a few weeks or months in the warehouse, and then carefully dehulled on the farm. Sorting and polishing in the mill complete the long process.