Coffee Processing
Learn the techniques behind processing coffee for quality and flavor.
Overview
Learn the techniques behind processing coffee for quality and flavor.
Discover what happens between the harvest and the roast. This program covers the techniques used to turn ripe coffee cherries into export-ready green beans — washed, natural, and honey processing, the fermentation choices that shape sweetness and acidity, and the drying and quality-control practices that protect a coffee's potential all the way to the mill.
It's a hands-on look at one of the most influential — and most overlooked — stages of the coffee journey. Whether you're a producer, a green buyer, or a roaster who wants to understand exactly what you're evaluating, this program shows you how processing decisions directly become the flavor in the final cup.
What You’ll Learn
The Full Curriculum.
Processing Methods
Explore washed, natural, and honey processing in depth — how each method treats the cherry differently, and the distinct flavor profile each one produces, from washed coffee's clean brightness to natural's bold fruit.
Fermentation Fundamentals
Understand fermentation — what it is, how time and temperature control it, and how fermentation choices directly shape a coffee's sweetness, acidity, and complexity.
Drying & Quality Control
Learn drying techniques and the quality-control checkpoints that protect a coffee's potential through to the mill, including how to catch and prevent common processing defects.
Flavor Impact
See exactly how processing choices show up in the cup — body, acidity, sweetness — so you can taste a coffee and reason backward to how it was likely processed.
Wet Mill to Dry Mill
Follow the complete post-harvest journey step by step, from the wet mill where cherries are first processed to the dry mill where green beans are prepared for export.
Why This Program
Technical Mastery
Understand the processing techniques that shape every cup.
Quality Control
Learn to identify and prevent quality issues during processing.
Value Chain Insight
Gain a deeper understanding of one of coffee's most overlooked stages.
Cup-Backward Reasoning
Learn to taste a coffee and reason back to how it was processed.
Coffee Processing
Ready to Start Your Coffee Journey?
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