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

Washed

Mucilage is removed before drying: fermentation loosens it, water carries it away, and the seed goes to the drying bed in bare parchment.

AXISBase — exactly one per preparation
FRUIT AT DRYINGnone
PARCHMENT OFFdry, at the mill
EXCLUDESHoney · Natural · Wet-hulled
ALSO CALLEDno other name in trade
AXIS 1 — CURATED · THE TWO STATED FIELDS ARE WHAT MAKE THE BASES EXCLUSIVE
OBSERVED RECORDwhat the pipeline has witnessed · updated daily
×218
CURRENT OFFERINGS
26 of 26
TRACKED ROASTERS
20
ORIGINS STOCKED
8
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 218 current offerings from 26 of 26 tracked roasters · updated 2026-08-15 06:47 UTC
NO MODIFIER STATED210 of 218 offerings
ANAEROBICThe ferment is sealed away from oxygen.6 of 218 offerings
CO-FERMENTEDAn exogenous flavour substrate added to the ferment: fruit pulp, spice, must, cascara.2 of 218 offerings
CARBONIC MACERATIONProperly: whole intact fruit under carbon dioxide, fermentation running inside the fruit, the method borrowed from Beaujolais winemaking.1 of 218 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
THERMAL SHOCKManaged hot–cold cycling through the ferment.not observed on this base
MODIFIERS DO NOT PARTITION · 9 CLAIMS ACROSS 8 LOTS · 1 CARRIES TWO OR MORE
A MODIFIER IS NOT ANOTHER BASE — THOSE LOTS ARE COUNTED ONCE, HERE, AS WASHED
ORDERED MOST-OBSERVED FIRST; UNOBSERVED MODIFIERS KEEP THEIR ROW AT THE FOOT

03 — FLAVOR RANGE

OBSERVED
across 218 current offerings from 26 of 26 tracked roasters · updated 2026-08-15 06:47 UTC
fruity×186
sweet×92
floral×86
nutty/cocoa×57
spices×13
green/vegetative×7
roasted×5
sour/ferment×2
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
⋯ 17 OF 218 LOTS HAVE NO FAMILY RESOLVED YET
n=218
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
Colombia×61 · 21 roasters↗Ethiopia×32 · 20 roasters↗Kenya×20 · 13 roasters↗Guatemala×15 · 10 roasters↗Panama×12 · 5 roasters↗El Salvador×9 · 5 roasters↗Honduras×9 · 6 roasters↗Peru×9 · 7 roasters↗Costa Rica×8 · 4 roasters↗Mexico×7 · 7 roasters↗Ecuador×6 · 4 roasters↗Rwanda×6 · 4 roasters↗India×5 · 5 roasters↗Burundi×4 · 4 roasters↗Nicaragua×3 · 1 roaster↗Brazil×2 · 1 roaster↗China×1 · 1 roaster↗Indonesia×1 · 1 roaster↗Taiwan×1 · 1 roaster↗Tanzania×1 · 1 roaster↗
COUNTRY LEVEL · THE SIGHTING RECORD CARRIES NO SUB-REGION ON THIS PATH
⋯ 6 current lots have no origin resolved · counted in the 218, absent from the register

05 — CURRENT OFFERINGS

OBSERVED · LIVE
current sightings — who is selling a washed 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

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