Honey Processed Coffee

The term “honey,” as it relates to a method of processing coffee beans, doesn’t have anything to do with honey produced by bees, as one may naturally assume. However, the honey processing method gives the parchment coffee a honey-like color and a more complex cup profile than washed processed beans.

picture showing the difference between honey processed parchment coffee and washed parchment coffee. The honey processed coffee is shown on the left and the washed coffee on the right, both specialty coffee processes have a corresponding Hatillo Coffee bag laying on top the parchment coffee beans
Honey versus washed processed parchment coffee

The two processes differ in one critical step after depulping the coffee cherries. In the honey process, the mucilage is left on the beans. Whereas in the washed method, the mucilage is removed using water.

Watch the following video to learn how the specialty coffee farmers from “El Jardin” farm produce their delicious honey processed coffee beans.

How to Honey Process Specialty Coffee

Shop Honey Processed Coffee

Catalogue image of a Hatillo Coffee's 12 oz bag of single origin micro-lot specialty coffee honey processed in El Jardin farm near Gomez Plata, Antioquia Colombia
Roasted Coffee, Finca “El Jardin”