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Classic

Pulped natural

Common in Brazil: cherries are pulped and dried with the mucilage on, much like honey processing. Sweet and round.

Steps

  1. Pick ripe cherries
  2. Pulp
  3. Dry with mucilage
  4. Hull

Effect on taste

Acidity
±0
Sweetness
+2
Body
+1
Fermentation
±0

Typical flavours

NuttyCocoaSweet

Common in

Brazil

QLC pulped natural coffees

Award-winning pulped natural lots

CompetitionRankFarm / producerRegionVarietyProcessScoreAuction ($/lb)
Cup of Excellence Brazil 20252Fazenda Boa VistaMarcelo Carvalho FerrazMantiqueira de MinasCatucaíPulped natural90.82US$15.60Sarutahiko Coffee Inc.
Cup of Excellence Brazil 20257Fazenda Santa CecíliaDora Conceição Xavier Cerqueira SilvaCerrado MineiroAraraPulped natural88.21US$15.20CAFEZA
Cup of Excellence Brazil 20258Sítio Córrego FrioRonaldo Da SilvaMantiqueira de MinasYellow BourbonBourbon AmareloPulped natural87.71US$13.60NOZY COFFEE
Cup of Excellence Brazil 20259Sitio Santa TerezinhaEdson Rosa GarciaMantiqueira de MinasObatãObatã VermelhoPulped natural87.42US$13.00BP COMMERCE
Cup of Excellence Brazil 202510Sítio Capadócia IiAugusto B FerreiraMantiqueira de MinasAraraPulped natural87.37US$13.70Fadie Sasaguri Roastery Corporation
Cup of Excellence Brazil 2025NWFazenda MoinhoThalita Baltazar Vilela MartinsMantiqueira de MinasAcaiáPulped natural86.2US$6.10Savaya Coffee LLC
Cup of Excellence Brazil 20243Sitio Pedro VarinhaErcilei José De OliveiraMatas de MinasAraraPulped natural90.21US$27.10terarosa
Cup of Excellence Brazil 20244Vista BrigadeiroWaldemar Ferreira De Paula NetoMatas de MinasCatuaiYellow CatuaiPulped natural89.93US$15.25NOZY COFFEE
Cup of Excellence Brazil 202410Fazenda MoetePaulo Lemos MenezesChapada DiamantinaCatuaiCatuaí VermelhoPulped natural88.21US$15.00Wataru & Co., Ltd. / Taste Trigger Limited
Cup of Excellence Brazil 2024NWFazenda CachoeiraDanilo BarbosaCerrado MineiroCatuaiYellow CatuaiPulped natural86.96US$6.60Wataru & Co., Ltd.

Other methods

WashedNaturalHoneyWet-hulledKenyan double washedAnaerobicDouble anaerobicCarbonic macerationYeast inoculatedLacticThermal shockKojiBarrel agedCo-fermented (infused)Swiss Water decafSugarcane (EA) decafCO₂ decaf