You've likely seen the three principal styles listed on a bag of high quality coffee: washed, semi-washed, and natural ...

Generally, you can expect washed coffees to exhibit higher levels of acidity (what Vonie and other coffee experts often call “brightness”). Their cleaner and lighter body leads to a more consistent ...

As much as the best baristas in America can control a cup of coffee when the kettles are steaming and the scales are beeping, the fate of a bean is sealed far earlier, while still in its green ...

The result of this process is a bean that has more acidity than when the natural method is used but less than when the beans are washed. This unique balance is what makes this method very popular ...