From cherry to cup, on the record.

01

Cherry selection

Only ripe red cherries delivered. Floaters and unripes rejected at the group level before transport.

02

Central wet processing

Pulped at central washing stations within hours of picking. Underwater fermentation, clean water wash.

03

Raised-bed drying

Parchment dried slowly on raised beds for even airflow and moisture, hand-turned regularly.

04

Hulling & grading

Hulled at the cooperative's dry mill. Sorted by screen size, density and defect count.

05

Cupping protocol

Every export lot cupped by trained Q-graders against SCA protocol before release.

06

Audit & traceability

All lots are traceable to farmer group, harvest week and processing station. Annual third-party audits.