Costa Rica Finca San Cayetano

Black forest cake & honeycrisp apple

Roast: Medium-light
Process: Honey
Origin: Tarrazu, Costa Rica Varietals: Indigenous Heirloom
Altitude: 2000 - 2300 masl

Contrary to the name, honey processed coffee doesn't involve any honey. A thin layer of sticky mucilage surrounding the coffee bean is left after removing the pulp (skin) and red fruit flesh from the coffee cherry and that sticky layer is often compared to honey.

In a washed process coffee the sticky layer would be completely cleaned off then dried, in a natural process the coffee dries with the skin and flesh of the coffee fruit still on it, but in a honey process some of the sticky layer is left on during the drying process.