The technicians wash the beans several times to remove the remains of the skin and coating and put them out on shaded racks to dry.[1] Cooperative employees turn the beans regularly as technicians spot and remove bad beans. A longer drying process of up to two weeks in the sun follows (with provision for quick covering in the event of rain), again with constant turning. This last process reduces the water content of the bean from 40 percent to 12 percent.[26]