waveform.coffee
waveform.coffee
01 — IDENTITYCURATED RECORD
REFERENCE › PROCESSES › NATURAL

Natural

The whole fruit dries intact on the seed; nothing is removed until the cherry is hard and the moisture is down.

AXISBase — exactly one per preparation
FRUIT AT DRYINGwhole cherry
PARCHMENT OFFdry, at the mill, with the dried fruit
EXCLUDESWashed · Honey · Wet-hulled
ALSO CALLEDdry process
AXIS 1 — CURATED · THE TWO STATED FIELDS ARE WHAT MAKE THE BASES EXCLUSIVE
OBSERVED RECORDwhat the pipeline has witnessed · updated daily
×53
CURRENT OFFERINGS
20 of 26
TRACKED ROASTERS
11
ORIGINS STOCKED
4
CARRY A MODIFIER
BASES PARTITION THE STATED RECORD · WASHED 218 · NATURAL 53 · HONEY 16 · UNDISCLOSED 16 · WET-HULLED 1 · = 304 · 150 STATED NO PROCESS AT ALL

02 — MODIFIERS OBSERVED ON THIS BASE

OBSERVED
across 53 current offerings from 20 of 26 tracked roasters · updated 2026-08-15 06:47 UTC
NO MODIFIER STATED49 of 53 offerings
ANAEROBICThe ferment is sealed away from oxygen.3 of 53 offerings
CARBONIC MACERATIONProperly: whole intact fruit under carbon dioxide, fermentation running inside the fruit, the method borrowed from Beaujolais winemaking.1 of 53 offerings
EXTENDED FERMENTATIONA duration claim, and only that, independent of oxygen.not observed on this base
LACTICA claim about which microbes dominated, usually pursued with low oxygen and temperature control.not observed on this base
INOCULATEDSelected yeast or bacterial strains added to the tank in place of the wild population.not observed on this base
CO-FERMENTEDAn exogenous flavour substrate added to the ferment: fruit pulp, spice, must, cascara.not observed on this base
THERMAL SHOCKManaged hot–cold cycling through the ferment.not observed on this base
MODIFIERS DO NOT PARTITION · 4 CLAIMS ACROSS 4 LOTS
A MODIFIER IS NOT ANOTHER BASE — THOSE LOTS ARE COUNTED ONCE, HERE, AS NATURAL
ORDERED MOST-OBSERVED FIRST; UNOBSERVED MODIFIERS KEEP THEIR ROW AT THE FOOT

03 — FLAVOR RANGE

OBSERVED
across 53 current offerings from 20 of 26 tracked roasters · updated 2026-08-15 06:47 UTC
fruity×43
sweet×14
nutty/cocoa×13
floral×12
sour/ferment×4
spices×4
green/vegetative×1
roasted×1
2 OF 10 FAMILIES NOT CITED ON THIS BASE — GHOST OUTLINES ON THE MAP
VOCABULARY OBSERVED ALONGSIDE THIS BASE, NOT CAUSED BY IT — THE CORPUS CANNOT
SEPARATE PROCESS FROM VARIETY, ORIGIN, OR THE ROASTER'S HOUSE VOCABULARY
⋯ 9 OF 53 LOTS HAVE NO FAMILY RESOLVED YET
n=53
WCFS RANGE MAP
SATURATION = MENTION FREQUENCY AGAINST THE MOST-CITED FAMILY; CONSENSUS OF VOCABULARY, NEVER INTENSITY. THE KEY RUNS MOST-CITED FIRST, THE MAP IN FIXED SECTOR ORDER — THE SWATCH IS THE LINK.

04 — OBSERVED ORIGINS

OBSERVED
Ethiopia×14 · 11 roasters↗Panama×10 · 4 roasters↗Brazil×8 · 5 roasters↗Colombia×5 · 4 roasters↗Burundi×4 · 4 roasters↗Guatemala×3 · 3 roasters↗Costa Rica×1 · 1 roaster↗Ecuador×1 · 1 roaster↗El Salvador×1 · 1 roaster↗Honduras×1 · 1 roaster↗Mexico×1 · 1 roaster↗
COUNTRY LEVEL · THE SIGHTING RECORD CARRIES NO SUB-REGION ON THIS PATH
⋯ 4 current lots have no origin resolved · counted in the 53, absent from the register

05 — CURRENT OFFERINGS

OBSERVED · LIVE
current sightings — who is selling a natural right now

06 — NARRATIVE

CURATED RECORD
PENDINGReference article not yet hand-authored — the identity above and the observed record are live; the narrative is still to be written.

ADJACENT ENTRIES

Washed ›Honey ›Wet-hulled ›All 7 modifiers ›