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Natural Green Coffee

Naturals cover the widest quality range of any category we supply, from the most sought-after lots in the region to its highest-volume commercial parcels. Both ends are legitimate purchases; knowing which you are buying is the point.
Origins
Ethiopia · Uganda · Tanzania
Method
Whole cherry dried
Typical drying
2–4 weeks
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Natural-processed green coffee beans in bulk.

Quick answer

Natural coffee is dried as whole cherry. We supply naturals from Ethiopia (Guji, Sidama, Harrar, Djimma), Uganda (DRUGAR Arabica and all Robusta) and southern Tanzania — spanning intensely fruit-forward specialty separations and clean commercial grades.

The range

East African naturals by segment
Origin / typeSegmentCharacterTypical grade
Ethiopia — GujiSpecialtyBlueberry, strawberry, intense sweetnessGrade 1
Ethiopia — SidamaSpecialtyBerry and stone fruit with weightGrade 1–3
Ethiopia — HarrarSpecialty / commercialWine, blueberry, heavy bodyGrade 4–5
Ethiopia — DjimmaCommercialClean, sweet, blending backboneGrade 4–5
Uganda — DRUGARCommercialDried fig, spice, cocoaScreen-specified
Uganda — RobustaCommercialNeutral to sweet, heavy bodyScreen 12–18
Tanzania — southSpecialty (growing)Berry over the region’s natural sweetnessAA, AB

Buying naturals safely

The controls that matter

Dry processing’s worst faults — ferment, phenol, mould — are largely invisible in the green. A natural lot can pass a screen and defect analysis and still be unusable. Cup approval on a representative sample is not a formality here; it is the only control that works.

  1. 1Cup a representative pre-shipment sample, in multiple cups, before loading.
  2. 2Ask whether the cherry was selected for drying or diverted to it — deliberate naturals and by-product naturals are different products.
  3. 3Ask about bed loading and turning regime. Stations that answer precisely are usually the ones doing it well.
  4. 4Specify water activity as well as moisture; naturals often run higher aw at the same moisture reading.
  5. 5Specify hermetic packaging for specialty naturals, which are more sensitive to moisture migration in transit.
  6. 6Write a fault-tolerance clause, not just a defect count.

Where naturals are the better choice

  • Fruit-forward single origin — Ethiopian naturals do something no washed coffee can.
  • Body and sweetness in a blend — natural Djimma and DRUGAR carry weight at commercial prices.
  • Espresso — the fuller body and lower perceived acidity suit many espresso profiles.
  • Filter with impact — where a menu needs a coffee that reads immediately as distinctive.

Natural lot enquiries

Tell us the intensity you can carry and the segment you are buying in. We describe a parcel as it is, not as its best bag.

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Current crop

Current Natural Coffee

Availability is confirmed on enquiry

We do not publish a standing stock list for natural coffee. What can be offered depends on the harvest in progress, what has been milled and what is already committed, so each offer is confirmed against the current crop when you ask — with the lot’s specification and the date its position was checked.

For when each origin typically ships, see the coffee crop calendar.

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Quality

How we evaluate natural coffee

Every parcel is assessed on the same sequence before it is offered, and again before it is loaded. What is reported for a given lot depends on what the buyer specifies.

A cupping table in use: two hands breaking the crust with cupping spoons across coded sample bowls.
Green Coffee Quality Control
  1. 01Physical gradePreparation class against the origin’s own system
  2. 02Screen distributionRetention plus the percentage passing
  3. 03Defect analysisFull defects per 300 g on a stated weighting table
  4. 04MoistureRange plus the measurement method and instrument
  5. 05Water activityWhere the buyer specifies it, for storage stability
  6. 06DensityBulk density in g/L, for roast planning
  7. 07Sample roastTo a cupping profile, not a commercial roast
  8. 08CuppingMultiple cups, against the approved sample
  9. 09Buyer approvalThe retained sample the shipment is measured against

Export

Packaging and export

Packaging is specified at contract stage rather than requested afterwards, because it changes both the price and the container arithmetic. Four of our six origins are landlocked, which makes the inland leg the largest single source of schedule variance — shipment windows are built around port arrival, not mill readiness.

Jute coffee sacks stacked in bays on wooden dunnage in a brick warehouse, with ventilation blocks in the wall above.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Are all Ethiopian naturals fruity?
No. Well-managed Guji and Sidama naturals are intensely fruit-forward. Commercial Grade 4 and 5 naturals from Djimma are cleaner and flatter, bought for body and price rather than for fruit character. The grade and the station tell you which you are getting.
Why are naturals riskier?
Because the fruit is a substrate for microbial activity while it dries. Deep beds, insufficient turning or humid weather at the wrong moment produce mould and over-fermentation, and those defects are largely invisible in the green bean.
Should I specify hermetic packaging for naturals?
For specialty naturals, yes. They tend to run higher water activity at the same moisture reading and are more sensitive to moisture migration in transit. For fast-turnover commercial parcels it is usually unnecessary.
Do you supply Kenyan naturals?
Purpose-made Kenyan naturals exist in small volumes and can be sourced. They should not be confused with Mbuni, which is dried whole cherry historically including over-ripes and ground-collected fruit and trades at a substantial discount.

Keep reading

Related technical guides

The reference material behind the specification fields on this page.

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Tell us the natural coffee you need

Origin, region, process, grade, screen, moisture, defect tolerance, crop year and packaging. Send what you know and we will confirm what each origin realistically supports for the current crop.

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