Process

Natural

Whole cherry dried intact. Fruity, heavy, wild.

Also called
Dry process
Body & acidity
Lower, rounder acidity, heavy syrupy body, big sweetness.
In the catalogue
68 coffees

About the natural process

The oldest method of all: the whole cherry is dried intact, fruit and all, so the bean sits inside its own sugars for weeks. Those sugars and a gentle fermentation soak into the seed, producing the loud berry, jammy, sometimes boozy character people mean when they say 'fruity coffee'. Naturals trade some of the washed process's clarity for body, sweetness, and a wilder, more fruit-forward cup.

How it works, step by step

  1. 1Pick ripe cherries
  2. 2Dry the whole cherry on beds or patios
  3. 3Turn regularly over two to four weeks
  4. 4Hull off the dried fruit at the end

Coffees processed natural 68

PhotoCoffeePrice
Gesha Village — Natural Geisha 1931 (Oma #140)April · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Geisha · Light roast$56.01
Kayon Mountain — Natural HeirloomApril · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ethiopian Heirloom · Light roast$26.88
Albuls ESPRESSOCollective · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ethiopian Heirloom · Medium roast$17.45
Bekele NaturalCollective · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ethiopian Heirloom · Light roast$19.36
Blackberry DustDAK · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ethiopian Heirloom · Light roast$19.99
Hazel NutsDAK · 🇭🇳 Honduras · Catuaí · Medium roast$17.86
Honey DudeDAK · 🇪🇨 Ecuador · Typica · Medium roast$22.27
Jazz fruitsDAK · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ethiopian Heirloom · Medium roast$15.91
Mango TangoDAK · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ethiopian Heirloom · Light roast$19.99
Plum ButterDAK · 🇺🇬 Uganda · SL14, SL28 · Medium roast$17.86
Elida Estate Torre Gesha Natural DRD Lamastus FamilyDatura · 🇵🇦 Panama · Geisha · Light roast$58.06New
Elida Estate Torre Gesha Natural SD Lamastus FamilyDatura · 🇵🇦 Panama · Geisha · Light roast$58.06New
Gesha Village - Lot 26/127 Oma NaturalDatura · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Geisha · Light roast$39.08New
Hacienda La Esmeralda Aguila 4NC Gesha NaturalDatura · 🇵🇦 Panama · Geisha · Light roast$82.62New
Hacienda La Esmeralda Porton 2NB Gesha NaturalDatura · 🇵🇦 Panama · Geisha · Light roast$78.16New
Inmaculada Striking Terroir Gesha Natural - Nitrogen FlushedDatura · 🇨🇴 Colombia · Geisha · Light roast$63.64New
Kotowa Las Brujas Gesha Natural Lot 26-4215Datura · 🇵🇦 Panama · Geisha · Light roast$50.24New
Lost Origin x Finca Santa Teresa Gesha DepulpedDatura · 🇵🇦 Panama · Geisha · Light roast$71.46New
Colombia • Los Nogales • BourbonDitta Artigianale · 🇨🇴 Colombia · Bourbon · Medium roast$34.61New
Etiopia • Tome • NaturalDitta Artigianale · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ethiopian Heirloom · Medium roast$21.55New
Indonesia - Asman GayoDitta Artigianale · 🇮🇩 Indonesia · Medium roast$20.54New
Panama Finca Lerida • naturalDitta Artigianale · 🇵🇦 Panama · Geisha · Medium roast$45.78New
Panama Finca Lerida • pacamaraDitta Artigianale · 🇵🇦 Panama · Pacamara · Medium roast$43.54New
Uganda • Bantu BlossomDitta Artigianale · 🇺🇬 Uganda · SL14, SL28 · Medium roast$16.64New
Israel DegefaEthica · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ethiopian Heirloom · Medium roast$18.48
NtwariEthica · 🇧🇮 Burundi · Bourbon · Light roast$55.45
Guji Hambela DeriGlitch · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ethiopian Heirloom · Light roast$13.90
La Loma Whiskey Barrel NaturalGlitch · 🇨🇴 Colombia · Bourbon · Light roast$26.53
Arauz Geisha Lot #1212 DRD NaturalHatch · 🇵🇦 Panama · Geisha · Light roast$48.34
Finca Soledad Typica Mejorado Wave WashedHatch · 🇪🇨 Ecuador · Typica · Light roast$31.99
Rumudamo NaturalHatch · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ethiopian Heirloom · Medium roast$24.17
Alaka NaturalIntelligentsia · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ethiopian Heirloom · Light roast$26.00
Äthiopien Goro Organic - naturalKaffeelix · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ethiopian Heirloom · Light roast$17.58New
Brasilien Tarsila - naturalKaffeelix · 🇧🇷 Brazil · Medium roast$12.56New
El Salvador Santa Cristina - naturalKaffeelix · 🇸🇻 El Salvador · Bourbon · Medium roast$14.79New
Chevas NaturalLa Cabra · 🇵🇦 Panama · Geisha · Light roast$51.53
Adaura Geisha Natural DF OmniMAME · — · Geisha · Light roast$95.25New
Daterra PearlMonogram · 🇧🇷 Brazil · Light roast$15.28
El Vergel Guava BananaMonogram · 🇨🇴 Colombia · Caturra · Light roast$21.33
Gedeb LalesaMonogram · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ethiopian Heirloom · Light roast$20.26
Nafkot AdmasuMonogram · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ethiopian Heirloom · Light roast$20.62
Peanut Butter Jelly TimeMonogram · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Light roast$22.04
Bridazul Lot 1ONA · 🇳🇮 Nicaragua · Light roast$15.12
Gargari Gutity G1 RedONA · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ethiopian Heirloom · Light roast$15.12
Los Pirineos Lot 07ONA · 🇸🇻 El Salvador · Ethiopian Heirloom · Light roast$15.12
Thageini KaribuONA · 🇰🇪 Kenya · Light roast$17.52Sold out
Yirgacheffe Amederaro Lot 1626ONA · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ethiopian Heirloom · Light roast$16.32
Yirgacheffe Gelcha Kindu Lot 1426ONA · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Light roast$18.55New
Kamunyaka AAOnyx · 🇰🇪 Kenya · Light roast$7.00
Las Lajas NaturalOnyx · 🇨🇷 Costa Rica · Light roast$9.50
Shakiso Wessi Station NaturalOnyx · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ethiopian Heirloom · Light roast$16.00
Hacienda Barbara PacamaraRosso · — · Pacamara · Light roast$16.35
Santa LuciaRosso · 🇧🇷 Brazil · Bourbon · Light roast$17.77
Costa Rica - Corazón de Jesús "Vista Paraíso" Java [25/26]Scenery · 🇨🇷 Costa Rica · Java · Light roast$18.74New
Ethiopia - Rumudamo Natural [25/26]Scenery · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ethiopian Heirloom · Light roast$21.42New
Rwanda - Cyesha Natural [26/27]Scenery · 🇷🇼 Rwanda · Bourbon · Light roast$15.39New
Scenery x Hyunah: Panama - Vista Linda GeshaScenery · 🇵🇦 Panama · Geisha · Light roast$26.77New
Don CayitoSquare Mile · 🇨🇷 Costa Rica · Typica · Light roast$27.10
Bekele KecharaThe Barn · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ethiopian Heirloom · Light roast$19.99
Genesis CoffeeThe Barn · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ethiopian Heirloom · Light roast$16.08
Himalaya MaragogypeThe Barn · 🇸🇻 El Salvador · Maragogype · Light roast$21.10
Kayon MountainThe Barn · 🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ethiopian Heirloom · Light roast$18.87
Los Lajones GeshaThe Barn · 🇵🇦 Panama · Geisha · Light roast$46.89
SundropThe Barn · 🇧🇷 Brazil · Light roast$18.31
Volcan Azul CaturraThe Barn · 🇨🇷 Costa Rica · Caturra · Light roast$19.43
Jacinto DomingoVerve · 🇬🇹 Guatemala · Light roast$27.00New
La Nueva Montaña Natural Farmlevel ReserveVerve · 🇬🇹 Guatemala · Maracaturra · Light roast$35.50
Lamastus Loma Arriba Natural Green Tip Gesha Farmlevel ReserveVerve · 🇵🇦 Panama · Geisha · Light roast$55.00