Images of Wet Processing

From Sweet Maria's travelogues to various countries, images of how wet processing is done in various parts of the world.

Toarco coffee is demucilaged, then fermented Toarco estate coffee is wet-process style coffee, and it is fermented overnight after...	Parchment coffee after demucilaging and before fermentation. The added fermetation takes care of the 5-8% fruit that is not removed by the machine. Sulawesi...	Shunji and the channels The coffee is washed down channels after fermentation to clean it. Sulawesi Toarco, Pedemeran...
Coffee rakes made from rubber tires! For pushing coffee down the channel in this hybrid wet process. Sulawesi Toarco, Pedemeran...	Pulped coffee in recycled water, Montes de Oro MicroMill, San Pablo Tarrazu Montes de Oro MicroMill, San Pablo Tarrazu. Sweet Maria's Coffee, Thompson Owen.	Washing Channel For coffee, not people. Traditional washing channel helps to rub off the mucilage after...
Pushing the coffee down the channel A sort of wood hoe is used to push the coffee down the channel and agitate it, to move it along...	Secos and Floaters Coffee dried on the tree. Easy to remove in the channels or tanks since they float...Finca...	Typical wet mill, at Finca Los Angeles Standard fare here, diesel powered pulper, traditional fermentation. Finca Los Angeles,...
Pulped coffee, fast shutter speed Coffee coming from the pulpers to the fermentation tank, at Finca Los Angeles, Huehuetenango,...	Coffee in the fermentation tank The cherry seemed very mature and had a red-yellow color. There were many dried pods (secos) but...	Machine Washed Coffee One thing that is not exactly traditional is a washing machine to help remove the mucilage after...
John Gordon pulpers The mill is undergoing some improvements, and they are building new fermentation and washing...	Coffee cherry entering the pulper Plentiful water allows the mill to transport cherry without being too concerned with resource...	Coffee Pulp After peeling the skin, the pulp is collected for composting . Eastern Highlands, Papua New...