YIRGACHEFFE SHIFO KOCHERE NATURAL
REVERSED-CARBONIC MACERATION
Ethiopia
Available to buy online @ SILVERSKINCOFFEE.IE
Reversed Carbonic Maceration is an adapted processing method in
coffee initiated by Brazilian Farmers, imitating a winemaking
technique of Beaujolais: Whole cherries are fermented in a carbon
dioxide rich environment prior to pulping.
This particular coffee is collected after 7:00 pm in pitch darkness.
After the cherries are sorted for only the ripe ones they are placed in
a stainless steel tank. The tank is then sealed and the natural
fermentation process starts. The little oxygen remaining in the tank is
quickly consumed and turned into carbon dioxide which leaves the
sealed tank through a valve. In this now anaerobic environment the
cherries are left to ferment for 70 hours.
In contrary to the standard fermentation in water after pulping the
cherry, the reversed carbonic maceration method creates an
intracellular fermentation which creates more intense fruity flavors
like in classic processing but with less alcoholic acidity due to the
lower pH level and slower process.
After fermentation the cherries are dried for 11 days on African Beds
and finally processed at the Dry Mill.
Taste notes: fruity acidity, peach, dark berries,
roibos, complex and super sweet