Experimental
Carbonic maceration
Borrowed from winemaking: tanks are flushed with CO₂ so the cherries ferment from the inside. Juicy, with red-wine and tropical fruit notes.
Steps
- Seal whole cherries
- Flush with CO₂
- Intracellular fermentation
- Dry
Effect on taste
- Acidity
- +1
- Sweetness
- +2
- Body
- +1
- Fermentation
- +2
Typical flavours
QLC carbonic maceration coffees
Other methods
WashedNaturalHoneyPulped naturalWet-hulledKenyan double washedAnaerobicDouble anaerobicYeast inoculatedLacticThermal shockKojiBarrel agedCo-fermented (infused)Swiss Water decafSugarcane (EA) decafCO₂ decaf