Yellow Honey and Red Honey

Yellow Honey and Red Honey are farm processing methods where the farmer removes the skin of the coffee cherry but leaves some of the sticky, sweet fruit flesh on the bean to dry. The difference lies in the amount of this fruity "honey" and the drying time, as Yellow Honey dries faster with less flesh, while Red Honey is dried slowly in the shade with a much thicker layer of fruit. It is a bit like drying a peach pit with some of the fruit still clinging to it, which ultimately gives the brewed coffee a really pleasant, natural sweetness. These names simply come from the sticky texture of the fruit and the changing colors the beans take on under the sun, rather than any actual honey being added by the farmers.