Honey Process

Coffee Rosè — Honey Process

Published: September 27, 2018

Café Rosè uses a double-fermentation method: an initial alcoholic fermentation with naturally occurring yeast, followed by an aerobic honey process. Delayed depulping allows the fruit to influence the coffee seed before it becomes a semi-washed coffee.

Characteristics

• Roast: City Plus
• Process: Honey, semi-washed
• Varieties: Bourbon, Red Catuai and Caturra Arabica
• Origin: Apante, Matagalpa, Nicaragua
• Lot: Single farm lot
• Balance: High sweetness and high acidity

The described flavor profile emphasizes flowers and dried berries, with an aftertaste of rose, jasmine, dried berries and black tea. Other listed notes include syrup, caramel, honey, vanilla and blackberry.

Delayed-pulping method

The process begins with the coffee fruit intact and transitions later to a semi-washed honey process. According to the producer, sugars retained during processing contribute sweetness and caramelized qualities during roasting.

Coffee Blumen — Honey Process

Published: September 18, 2018

Coffee Blumen is produced through a semi-washed honey method. After the fruit skin is removed, mucilage remains around the parchment while the coffee ferments and dries in the sun.

Characteristics

• Roast: Full City
• Process: Semi-washed honey process, with initial alcoholic fermentation and sun drying
• Varieties: Red Catuai and Caturra Arabica; the article also discusses Yellow Catuai and small amounts of Java
• Origin: Apante, Matagalpa, Nicaragua
• Lot: Single farm lot
• Flavor: Strawberry, almond and flowers
• Aftertaste: Strawberry, almond, caramel, chocolate and flowers

What the honey process means

In this context, “honey” does not mean that honey is added to the coffee. It refers to the sticky, sugar-rich mucilage left around the parchment after depulping. During sun drying, this retained mucilage influences fermentation and the coffee’s resulting sensory profile.

The article places this method between fully washed and natural processing:

1. Washed
2. Semi-washed or honey process
3. Unwashed or natural process