Coffee grows on a small tree that is pruned to make picking easier.
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Healthy trees will yield bright red cherries and dark green leaves.
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Coffee cherries on the way to the pulper.
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Coffee in parchment before fermentation.
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The skin is used as fertilizer.
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Fermentation and more washing gets rid of muselage and any residual skin, leaves and twigs.
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Cofee in parchment is spread out on concrete patios for drying.
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After the coffee is dehusked a gravity table sorts coffee by size.
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Color sorting by machine.
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Green coffee is then bagged and shipped to roasters.
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