II · Processing
Station 5 of 14: Processing and fermentation
Washed, natural, honey and distinctive must processes shape the path from cherry to green coffee.
- InputSelected cherries or depulped coffee
- WorkLot-specific processing and fermentation when applicable
- OutputCoffee ready for its defined drying stage
Records and source
Processing describes what happens to the fruit layers. Fermentation describes the microbial transformation during one stage of it. The ten method names of the Café y Ciencia collection are explained one by one on its page, together with what the catalogue does not state about them.
What a record of this station can hold
- Time, temperature and pH
- Vessel, atmosphere and substrates
- Transition from the end of fermentation to the start of drying
Fermentation time, temperature and protocol are not stated for any lot. Washed or natural does not imply a particular recipe.
Source: Café y Ciencia catalogue
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