Anaerobic Fermentation

Anaerobic fermentation is a step in coffee processing that is gaining recognition amongst producers and consumers alike for the unique flavor profiles and value it can generate. However, there are a few things to note about the term “anaerobic” in the coffee context. In this video, shot at La Chumeca in Tarrazu, Costa Rica, we follow Martin Ureña and his son Emilio through the making of their delicious anaerobic natural coffees. The video shows how this type of fermentation is done in the La Chumeca, Costa Rica case and we discuss ways to most accurately think about - and talk about - anaerobic fermentation. Learn more about this and other processing methods at cafeimports.com/education, or visit and subscribe to the Cafe Imports KZread channel for more videos.
Video by Victor Pagán, script by Dr. Taya Brown, narration by Caroline Johnson

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  • @GRmanfred22
    @GRmanfred22 Жыл бұрын

    I'm from Costa Rica from a coffee producer family. And this is one of the best explanations for fermentation process. Incredibly informative and accurate. Thank you!

  • @sotirigeorgas7281
    @sotirigeorgas728111 ай бұрын

    I didn’t really think much about coffee from South America until I tried carbonic maceration and anaerobic process. Next level cofee.

  • @NickWattsOregon
    @NickWattsOregon Жыл бұрын

    This is one of the best visual and audio explanations I’ve seen.

  • @PopcornColonelx
    @PopcornColonelx Жыл бұрын

    This was incredibly informative and clear. Thank you so much for adding to coffee processing knowledge!

  • @MatthewEncina
    @MatthewEncina Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this series. These have been very helpful to educate myself on coffee.

  • @jostincastroabarca5071
    @jostincastroabarca5071 Жыл бұрын

    Specialty at its finest

  • @GadgetsGearCoffee
    @GadgetsGearCoffee Жыл бұрын

    Super informative and love the fact that it's mentioned the nuances of the term and it's possible changing meaning

  • @bw9181
    @bw9181 Жыл бұрын

    I’m only just getting into coffee and this was so interesting!

  • @svensayre1189
    @svensayre1189 Жыл бұрын

    Anaerobic naturals 😩that gonna be fruity and funky as hell my fav !!!

  • @pengain4
    @pengain424 күн бұрын

    This channel is amazing. Thank you for the educational materials

  • @zite_
    @zite_ Жыл бұрын

    such a great video! and super informative! Thank you!

  • @JeremyYeung
    @JeremyYeung8 ай бұрын

    Fantastic job explaining this process

  • @mohammadsaeed6234
    @mohammadsaeed6234 Жыл бұрын

    Great video. Thank you

  • @veronica9634
    @veronica96343 ай бұрын

    i just tried my first anaerobic coffee! it's delicious, and also extremely unique! i bought the anaerobic robusta from Nguyen coffee supply.

  • @deepakmahtani3061
    @deepakmahtani3061 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this presentation

  • @Commander730
    @Commander7302 ай бұрын

    Very well-made video. Thank you!

  • @derekxiaoEvanescentBliss
    @derekxiaoEvanescentBliss Жыл бұрын

    I’ve had probably 20 different beans of various varieties and origins. A caturra from cauca Double Anaerobic washed roasted by prism coffee works is by far the fruitiest and most floral smelling and tasting coffee I’ve ever had. Never had one before. It blew my mind Just commenting so you what someone who is just getting into specialty coffee thought when he tried anaerobic for the first time.

  • @dpallen1992
    @dpallen1992 Жыл бұрын

    Very Informative. Well done.

  • @janzemke4622
    @janzemke4622 Жыл бұрын

    Super Video, viele Grüße aus Deutschland.

  • @remigioboria4872
    @remigioboria4872 Жыл бұрын

    Buen trabajo! Gracias

  • @YaduKaru
    @YaduKaru Жыл бұрын

    Nice! Thanks for this video 😁☕

  • @GunnerNLD
    @GunnerNLD7 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @christiancastricone8327
    @christiancastricone8327 Жыл бұрын

    Just love it 🙌🏻

  • @shahrad121
    @shahrad121 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @eliasji6862
    @eliasji6862 Жыл бұрын

    Can you please do a video on carbonic maceration process. Thanks

  • @breinersanabria7980
    @breinersanabria7980 Жыл бұрын

    It is by far the best coffee I have ever had

  • @thisisimtiaz
    @thisisimtiaz9 ай бұрын

    Thanks❤

  • @DuoMaharani
    @DuoMaharani Жыл бұрын

    I'm watching from indonesia

  • @junnanwang3412
    @junnanwang3412 Жыл бұрын

    Hello! Exceptionally good video. Can I translate this video subtitle it in Chinese, and then upload it to a video website in China? Will indicate the source. Thank you!

  • @OrenUrbach
    @OrenUrbach Жыл бұрын

    Great! Would have loved to see how the seed is taken out of the dry cherries

  • @Conservator.

    @Conservator.

    Жыл бұрын

    Look for the earlier videos on this channel for that.

  • @PopcornColonelx
    @PopcornColonelx Жыл бұрын

    It would have been good to answer the question: How does anaerobic fermentation typically affect the flavor?

  • @paulnathanlopez6514
    @paulnathanlopez6514 Жыл бұрын

    How do you measure the moisture from a cherry pod during a natural process? does the agritronix moisture works with it

  • @JCleggy
    @JCleggy Жыл бұрын

    Well made video; but if I’m not mistaken, we didn’t really hear how anaerobic fermentation impacts the end result. How does it compare to the same coffee processed without the anaerobic phase? Is anaerobic fermentation always better, is it sometimes better, or is it simply different?

  • @cafeimports1412

    @cafeimports1412

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your question! This is one of the issues with how the industry currently talks about anaerobic fermentation. All the term refers to is one step in a process of several. Until we land on better descriptors, including both the amount of time the anaerobic step was done for and the rest of what’s done to a coffee during processing, it’s very hard to unpack just what the anaerobic step contributes. We can probably do so in some specific cases, but we are not yet at a level of universal understanding. It’s not as straightforward as the differences we might universally expect between a natural and washed of the same coffee, for example. There are also few opportunities to cup anaerobically fermented coffees next to the same coffee processed the same way minus the anaerobic step so it’s hard to say what the exact differences are. We know people like how these coffees come out because anaerobically fermented coffees are gaining ground in the market, and producers/processors are creating more and more of them. With that we know at least someone has enjoyed the effects of the anaerobic step!

  • @JCleggy

    @JCleggy

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cafeimports1412 thanks for the response, and the video. I’m def interested in the recent developments in how coffee is being processed.

  • @Civic_Coast
    @Civic_Coast Жыл бұрын

    Is the liquid from the tanks drinkable? Does it contain high levels of alcohol from the fermentation process? Great video ❤

  • @taistealai5523

    @taistealai5523

    Жыл бұрын

    asking the real questions here

  • @ej5764

    @ej5764

    9 ай бұрын

    Yes. In Costa Rica that liquid is made into a “juice concentrate” or as a bottled beverage. The closest thing I can compare it to is Mexican Jamaica tea. There are also health benefits to the coffee pulp fruit juice.

  • @thomasdc94
    @thomasdc94 Жыл бұрын

    Hello! I would like to translate this video in my home country language!

  • @shallow_coffee
    @shallow_coffee Жыл бұрын

    So good video. Thank you for video. And What is the name, this one?? I want buy it. 3:38

  • @baytony1308
    @baytony13088 ай бұрын

    What kind of yeast should I use to ferment coffee? I am Vietnamese and not good at English, thank you 🎉

  • @clemwong1612
    @clemwong16128 ай бұрын

    If it takes 72 hrs for Aner. fermentation, and days of drying, would it be too slow to produce even just 1 ton of dried beans ? This looks more like an experimental station I guess ( about 20 drying beds, each produce 50kg or less of dried beans ). i hope the farm can produce enough for the season to be sustainable ! Good luck !

  • @MoreFootWork
    @MoreFootWork5 ай бұрын

    4:06 is it drinkable?

  • @belayhunduma8436
    @belayhunduma8436 Жыл бұрын

    I have anaerobic coffee arabica in Ethiopia

  • @BrianSmith-gp9xr
    @BrianSmith-gp9xr10 ай бұрын

    Some nice beans.

  • @muktartolacoffee
    @muktartolacoffee Жыл бұрын

    Ethiopia 🇪🇹 Coffee

  • @user-rv9qf3vh2n
    @user-rv9qf3vh2n10 ай бұрын

    Im coffee farmer from coffe birth place Ethiopia i like the video but what you inject

  • @juanjrablaza5467
    @juanjrablaza546711 ай бұрын

    In our place, indigenous ways are sun drying, since they believe that God created the sun to give good flavor and taste to thier coffee fruits..

  • @NadeerAAL
    @NadeerAAL5 ай бұрын

    It might just be my perspective, but this style of experimentation has flooded the market with an overwhelming abundance of unpleasant, offbeat coffee flavors.

  • @byronperez519
    @byronperez519 Жыл бұрын

    It doesn’t do anything good for the industry . Calling anaerobic fermentation , there should be use low oxygen fermentation process of coffee, why use a term that has been use in science describing metabolism process of a cell or the way of energy creation of a cell. It sound ridiculous to me , maybe for the rest of consumers who are ignoring the term …

  • @Conservator.

    @Conservator.

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s called anaerobic fermentation because there is a low level of oxygen during fermentation. Hence the water locks on the barrels. See 3:29

  • @byronperez519

    @byronperez519

    Жыл бұрын

    in science fermentation is anaerobic in nature. you should study more about what is fermentation, anaerobic cell respiration, aerobic cell respiration, the production of ATP, the types of fermantation base on their metabolism waste, types of microorganism , the control of fermentation base on time and temperature, the nomenclature in coffee is so incorrect. We have the responsability to really unrdestand and study and no just base our knowledge on a video.

  • @Conservator.

    @Conservator.

    Жыл бұрын

    @@byronperez519 Do you mean to say that something like ‘closed vessel’ fermentation would be a better term?

  • @ej5764

    @ej5764

    9 ай бұрын

    Why does this even hurt your feelings? This process is exceptionally interesting. Have you tried it?

  • @rickbacon9150
    @rickbacon91509 ай бұрын

    You read too fast to tell the story.