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.

The history of coffee goes back several centuries when an Ethiopian goat herder discovered its energizing properties. However, it wasn’t until the 20th century that coffee drinking became widespread. Since then, three distinct waves identify the modern history of coffee.

Coffee cherries have a complex, layered structure. Each layer plays a vital role in the flavor profile of the coffee. The layers left or removed during the fermentation and processing methods will also contribute to the characteristics of the resulting roasted beans.

Coffee cupping is a standardized scoring system whose main objective is to separate specialty coffee from commercial coffee.