by process
natural process is the original way of drying coffee: whole cherries laid on raised beds in the sun, fruit and bean drying together. the result is a heavier, jammier, more wine-like cup than washed.
natural processing means the coffee cherry is dried whole, with skin and pulp still on the bean, instead of being washed off first. as the fruit ferments around the seed over two to four weeks of drying, sugars and acids migrate inward. the bean comes out tasting of what it dried in.
naturals lean fruit-forward: ripe strawberry, blueberry, red wine, sometimes a sweet, almost rum-soaked finish on ethiopians. body is heavier than washed, acidity rounder, sweetness more obvious. a clean natural feels like fruit. a sloppy one tastes like fermented compost.
natural is the oldest process on earth and the one that gives a single-origin its biggest personality swing. the same farm, the same variety, washed vs natural can taste like two different coffees. for drinkers who find washed coffees a bit thin, naturals are the easier love.
look for raised-bed drying, a producer name on the bag (good naturals are a craft, not a commodity), and ethiopian, brazilian, or panamanian origin to start. ferment-leaning notes (red wine, tropical fruit) signal a deliberate natural; muddy or sour notes signal one that went wrong.

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brazil · natural

colombia · natural

panama · natural
by one half
bolivia · natural
by one half
bolivia · natural
by one half
bolivia · natural
by one half
brazil · natural
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brazil · natural

panama · natural

panama · natural

ethiopia · natural

ethiopia · natural

colombia · natural

colombia · natural

ethiopia · natural

ethiopia · natural

colombia · natural
by amor perfecto
panama · natural

ethiopia · natural

colombia · natural

ethiopia · natural

ethiopia · natural

ethiopia · natural

brazil · natural

peru · natural

colombia · natural · decaf

rwanda · natural

colombia · natural

ethiopia · natural

indonesia + sumatra · natural
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