Decaf

Decaf

£12.00

£44.00

Our current decaf is a blend of washed caturra, castillo and colombia, grown by a group of around 20 smallholder producers in the hills around Pitalito in the Huila region of Colombia.

 

It's sweet and syrupy, with notes of milk-chocolate, honeycomb and baked apple.
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Our 250g and 1kg bags are made from 83% post-consumer recycled material and are fully recyclable, including the valve and zipper. 

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Orders received by 9am Monday / Thursday will be dispatched by Wednesday / Friday with Royal Mail Tracked 24 (or with DPD if over 2kg). Tracking information will be sent to the email and mobile provided at checkout on dispatch.

Sweet and syrupy, with notes of milk-chocolate, honeycomb and baked apple.

  • Origin
    La Serrania, Pitalito, Huila
  • Country
    Colombia
  • Altitude
    1,500-1,750 MASL
  • Process
    Washed, Sugar Cane Decaffeination
  • Variety
    Caturra, Castillo, Colombia
  • Notes
    Milk-Chocolate, Honeycomb, Baked Apple

Origin Story

The coffee is hand-sorted and processed at each individual farm, before being sent to Descafecol in Manizales for decaffeination by way of the Natural Sugar Cane EA Process.

This involves placing the coffee in a solution of water from the nearby Nevado Del Ruis, and ethyl acetate, an organically existing compound, in this instance derived through the fermentation of sugar cane.

This process begins by steaming the coffee, increasing its porosity, and beginning the hydrolysis of caffeine which is usually bonded to salts and chlorogenic acid in the bean.

The beans are then submerged in the ethyl acetate solvent, until 97% of the caffeine is removed. A final steam is then used to lift residual traces of the compound.

Aside from resulting in the tastiest decaf coffee we have tried to date, this process keeps the carbon footprint to a minimum, with the solvent being derived from the domestic sugar cane industry. With the process occurring within Colombia (as opposed to Europe or North America), this also benefits the domestic economy.

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