Yashpal Rathore / Workers stirring coffee beans in process called raking, to ensure uniformity of beans exposure to sun. Cemented yards ensure uniform and quick drying. Usually drying down of the cherry coffee takes ab...

Yashpal Rathore / Workers turning coffee beans in process called raking, to ensure uniformity of beans' exposure to sun. Cement drying yards ensure uniform and quick drying. Usually drying takes about 10-12 days. C...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) lying down on coffee shop counter. Many civets are drugged to sleep quietly and not escape. Coffee beans are fed to civets, ferment in the gut, excreted a...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Coffee shop with Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) on counter. Many civets are drugged to sleep quietly and not escape. Coffee beans are fed to civets, ferment in the gut, excreted and use...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Coffee shop with Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) on counter. Many civets are drugged to sleep quietly and not escape. Coffee beans are fed to civets, ferment in the gut, excreted and use...

Stephen Dalton / Close up abstract view of roasted coffee beans (Coffea sp), UK.

Stephen Dalton / Close up of a roasted coffee bean (Coffea sp), UK.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Parchment Coffee (Coffea arabica) beans drying on trays outside, after the beans have been pulped, fermented and washed. The outer husk (parchment) is removed at the coffee mills. Commercial farm, Tan...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Coffee (Coffea arabica) beans roasting over a fire, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Coffee (Coffea arabica) beans roasting over a fire, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Coffee (Coffea arabica) beans drying on trays outside after fermentation, washing and sorting. Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Dried parchment Coffee (Coffea arabica) beans, woman removing discoloured beans. Commercial coffee farm, Tanzania, East Africa.