{"id":1804,"date":"2024-05-30T09:48:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T07:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coffee-spirit.maxicoffee.com\/article\/washed-coffee-beans-or-natural-coffee-beans\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T09:48:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T07:48:54","slug":"washed-coffee-beans-or-natural-coffee-beans","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.coffee-spirit.maxicoffee.com\/en-gb\/article\/washed-coffee-beans-or-natural-coffee-beans\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between natural and washed coffee beans?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Processing Journey: From Cherry To Bean<\/span><\/h2>\n

Before we look at natural and washed processing specifics, let’s take a quick trip from the coffee plantation<\/strong> to your cup. Coffee “beans” are actually the pits of a bright red fruit called a coffee cherry<\/strong>. Once these cherries reach peak ripeness, they’re ready for picking. This can be a meticulous manual process<\/strong>, ensuring only the ripest cherries are selected. Alternatively, some farms use mechanical harvesting<\/strong> or stripping<\/strong>, which are faster but can include unripe or overripe cherries. A coffee cherry comprises one or two green coffee beans<\/a> wrapped in an outer skin of pulp and parchment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Next up, is the processing, which is where the two main methods diverge:<\/span><\/p>\n