HONDURAS ARUCO

HONDURAS ARUCO

Coffee from Honduras has a rich variety of flavors, and the best coffees tend to be complex with bright, juicy, and light acidity.

WASHED PROCESSING
The main purpose of the method is to clean the grain from the pulp immediately after harvest.
It is important to select berries that are perfectly ripe at the time of harvest.
Only picked berries are accepted at the station from 14:00 to 21:00. Processing begin
the next day in the morning. All berries are sent to the mill for washing and carefully.
mixed. Cherries that float to the surface (floaters) are discarded because they
signal damage or defect of the grain. The next step is to clean the grain
from the pulp with the help of special equipment – a depulpator. After the grain
dried in guardiola until the moisture content is 12%.
From each batch of dried grain is sent to the quality control department
sample to check the taste profile and quality of coffee.
Grain is stored in parchment from one to two months. Before sending
for export, it is cleaned with a haller.