The Fermentation Project

Good cups joins James Hoffmann and Lucia Solis

Same grind, same water, same time. What changes in the cup is fermentation, and only fermentation.

Roasting soon

Every lot is roasted to the same filter profile. Nothing else is different. What you taste in the cup is fermentation.

The control. No open fermentation at all.

Process 01: Mechanically demucilaged

Left to natural, ambient yeasts and bacteria.

Process 02: Wild fermentation

A specific bacteria strain added to guide the ferment.

Process 03: Lactobacillus inoculated

A specific yeast strain added to guide the ferment.

Process 04: Yeast inoculated

What's in the box