Lactic and yeast-inoculated fermentations
This topic explores advanced fermentation methods using lactic acid bacteria and yeast inoculation, how they influence coffee flavor, and their growing role in specialty processing innovation.
Processing methods overview
Anaerobic and carbonic maceration
This topic explores the innovative coffee processing methods of anaerobic fermentation and carbonic maceration, their techniques, flavor outcomes, and significance in the specialty coffee industry.
Wet-hulling (Giling Basah) characteristics
This topic introduces the wet-hulling (Giling Basah) method, a unique coffee processing style from Indonesia, explaining its steps, flavor characteristics, and market significance.
Pulped natural and honey processes
This topic explains the pulped natural and honey processing methods—hybrids of washed and natural approaches—highlighting their steps, flavor outcomes, and significance in specialty coffee.
Natural (dry) processing fundamentals
This topic introduces the fundamentals of natural (dry) coffee processing, its steps, flavor outcomes, benefits, and challenges, and why it is both one of the oldest and most innovative methods today.
Washed (wet) processing fundamentals
This topic explains the fundamentals of washed (wet) coffee processing, covering the main steps, advantages, challenges, and sensory outcomes of this widely used method.