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Washed coffee: 1,565 specialty beans

The fruit is removed and the beans are washed clean before drying. In the cup it's usually clean and bright. 52% of the 3,028 beans in our catalogue are processed this way.
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  • 1,565beans in the catalogue
  • 52%of the catalogueout of 3,028 beans
  • 34countries of originMost beans: Colombia
  • 189roasters with these beansMost: Supremo Coffee Roasters

How it works

Soon after picking, the cherries are pulped: the skin and most of the fruit come off. The beans, still coated in sticky mucilage, then ferment, usually in tanks of water for 12 to 72 hours. Once the mucilage loosens, it's washed off with clean water. The clean beans, still in their parchment skin, dry on patios or raised beds before they are hulled and shipped.

How it changes the cup

With the fruit gone before drying, little of its sweetness reaches the bean. Washed coffees tend to taste clean and transparent, with clearer acidity and a lighter body, so the variety and the place it grew come through more plainly.

These are tendencies, not rules. Variety, region, roast and brewing shape the taste too.

Countries of origin

Washed coffee by country of origin.

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Who roasts it

Roasters with the most beans in the catalogue.

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Supremo Coffee Roasters41Kávoholik38aniko Coffee Roasters28Colberg Coffee27Green Plantation24Solberg & Hansen AS23Kawana22Instytut Kawy22COFFEE PLANT22Eight Cafe22Bean Up22Schamong Kaffee21Coffee Circle Savignyplatz21LaCava20Caffe Grano - palarnia kawy, kawiarnia, sprzedaż i serwis ekspresów20Mott Coffee19Andraschko Kaffeemanufaktur19Ripit Roastery1819grams Coffee Roasters18Five Elephant18Quijote Coffee16Perfero Caffè15Paloma Coffee Roasters15Wildkaffee Rösterei14Java Coffee Roasters14Kafar14Father's14Bracia Ziółkowscy14Kyoto Coffee Roaster14Momento Coffee Roastery14Kiwi Garden Coffee Roasters14Van Dyck14Foundation Coffee Roasters14Enklawa Wrocławska Palarnia Kawy14Bugan Coffee Lab13Fjord Coffee Roasters12Pražiareň kávy 2A | Lokálna pražiareň kávy12Wysocki Coffee12Ditta Artigianale12Picapau Coffee Roastery12+149 more roasters

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