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I decided to include two different versions of the same coffee  in my latest order from Sweet Marias. The Ethopian Koratie was being offered up  in both wet and dry processes. Being ignorant of the differing tastes each process gives to the bean, I decided to buy  both of them and do a little comparison testing. I do love science!

I decided to try the Wet processed first, simply for the fact that I was low on time and the writing on the bag suggested a light roast. So,  I set my little Nesco to 20 minutes, which is pretty much as low as you can go. What resulted was a very light cinnamon roast that tasted overwhelmingly citrus. This coffee was way too clean and bright for my tastes at the moment and lacked any sort of “grit” that I prefer my coffee to have. Perhaps this was from the wet processing that the picked coffee beans went through. Wet processing involves using water to clean the picked and dried  cherries, removing all of the dried and husk resulting in a very clean and uniform batch of beans. I could have also have not roasted long enough. With a preference for the darker roasts, I have never roasted anything for a mere twenty minute before. Perhaps tacking on a few seconds will produce a better cup for me next time.  Instructions on bags  be damned!

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