What is juicy honey:
The process begins at the farm by only selecting optimally blood red, ripe cherries. These are floated and then carefully depulped using the least amount of water as possible. After depulping first batch of cherries is processed as normal honey. The second batch of cherries was fermented in plastic tank in their own mucilage plus the pulp from previous batch for 120 hours.
After fermentation, the lot dried on the African beds under 100% sunlight for 2 days, in order to prevent over fermentation or mold growth. After this it was transferred onto the raised beds with 75% shade for an additional 13 days until it reaches a humidity range of 11.5% or below. Total drying time for this lot was 15 days. Once dried, they are moved to our warehouse where they will rest as dried parchmentin order to homogenize the humidity amongst all the coffee beans. This slow drying process will also extend the shelf life of the beans as the embryo will be kept alive for as long as possible.
Roberto Mata Naranjo
With a coffee background of almost 50 years, Roberto is a walking coffee encyclopaedia - he simply knows everything about the cultivation and preparation of coffee. Due to his experience, his closeness to nature and his love for his homeland, Roberto has been a pioneer in the sustainable cultivation of coffee in harmony with nature for decades. Three years ago, he founded a small family business together with his wife Doris and their five children. Directly behind his home, he now prepares his own coffees in his own micromill with a water-saving Ecopulper. All processes are measured, and efficiently organized, leaving nothing open to chance. Just behind their processing facility they have a small cupping space and beautifully organized sample cabinet. All of the lots are processed on raised beds, focussing purely on honey and natural lots. The metal tables and shadow nets provide the cover needed during the hottest period of the day. To create perfection in humidity, they use mechanical dryers to lower the last percentages of humidity to the correct level for export.
