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Sublime Sipping, From Cherry to Cup - Long Journeys Are Worth the Wait
Every Sheba bean is rare; meticulously harvested and overflowing with character. Quality is our obsession, that’s why we curate every step of the process. We aren’t resellers, we’re farmers, infrastructure builders and coffee lovers. Our adventure begins within the highlands of the Yemeni mountains before a seed slips beneath the soil. Only the ripest, reddest cherries are selected for our single-origin beans, dried locally within our centres under the dazzling Arabian sun.
Our Process
The Perfect Pick
Farmers visit each tree several times a week and only pick their cherries precisely when they are ready. They are delicately picked from the tree to maintain the quality of the picked fruit, the health of the plant and its yield in future seasons.
Fermentation and Drying
Our team experiment with different fermentation and processing methods to help enhance the coffee's regional cup profile. Once fermentation is complete, cherries are placed on raised drying beds to dry. The cherries are moved daily to ensure consistent ventilation for every single bean.
In Transit
When the ideal moisture level is reached, the cherries are placed into hermetic bags to protect them from oxidization, foreign matter and pollution. At this point, the beans are still inside their parchment to preserve their freshness. They are then transported to our warehouse for a short resting period in a controlled environment.
Signed, Sealed & Delivered
After resting in our warehouse, the dried cherries are hulled, passed through a gravity sorter, sieved by size, hand sorted several times for defective colours and proportions and finally graded and bagged into vacuum-sealed bags ready for you to enjoy.