How is coffee processed with help of microbes?

Coffee is produced from the seeds of Coffea cherries. Five steps are involved in coffee processing, which are, Pulping, Fermentation, Washing, Drying and Hulling. Pulping - Exocarp (the skin) and Mesocarp (the pulp) are removed from the coffee cherries mechanically. read more

Aerobic bacteria are the main stay in coffee soils and the optimum level of moisture content for their activities is in the range of 50 to 75% of the soil’s moisture holding capacity. Coffee soils are inherently shaded by tree canopies as well as by the coffee bush. Hence they remain shaded most of the time. read more