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Process

From cherry to container.

Zoebar Business Group owns the washing station in Amaro, Ethiopia. Cherry intake, processing method, drying and lot formation are controlled directly, which is what makes the process record attached to a lot an operational record rather than a supplier's claim.

Station
Zoebar-owned
Location
Amaro, Ethiopia
Methods
Washed / Natural
Harvest
September – December

Seven stages.

  1. 01

    Cherry intake

    Cherry is delivered to Zoebar's own washing station in Amaro during the harvest window and assessed on arrival.

  2. 02

    Sorting

    Density and defect separation before processing, so underripe and damaged cherry does not enter the lot.

  3. 03

    Processing

    Washed or natural, decided and recorded per lot. In washed processing the fruit is removed before drying; in natural processing the cherry dries whole.

  4. 04

    Drying

    Raised beds, turned and monitored through to target moisture. Drying time varies with method and weather.

  5. 05

    Grading and cupping

    Quality assessment before a lot is released, producing the grade and cupping record carried on the lot page.

  6. 06

    Lot formation

    The lot record closes: origin, process, harvest, quality and the producers connected to it.

  7. 07

    Export

    Documentation, inspection and shipment. Incoterms and port of loading are confirmed per contract.

Two methods

What is the difference between washed and natural processing?

In washed processing the fruit is removed from the coffee seed before drying. In natural processing the cherry dries whole with the fruit intact. Zoebar produces both at its own Amaro washing station in Ethiopia, and which method applies is recorded per lot rather than assumed across the harvest.

Washed

Fruit removed from the seed before drying.

Natural

Cherry dries whole, with the fruit intact.

Rows of raised drying beds at Zoebar's own washing station in Amaro, with concrete fermentation tanks in the foreground and workers tending the parchment, green hills behind.
Both methods run at Zoebar's own washing station in Amaro, Ethiopia.

Export

Terms and timing.

Lead times, Incoterms and port of loading are confirmed per contract. They are published here once fixed rather than shown as indicative ranges.

Export reference
OriginAmaro (Koore Zone), Ethiopia
HarvestSeptember – December
ProcessingWashed / Natural

Process, answered.

Does Zoebar own its washing station?
Yes. Zoebar Business Group owns the washing station in Amaro, Ethiopia directly. Ownership means cherry intake, processing method, drying and lot formation are controlled directly by Zoebar rather than bought in from a third-party processor.
What is the difference between washed and natural processing?
In washed processing the fruit is removed from the coffee seed before drying. In natural processing the cherry dries whole with the fruit intact. Zoebar produces both at its own Amaro washing station in Ethiopia, and which method applies is recorded per lot rather than assumed across the harvest.
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