DECAF COFFEE - COLOMBIA POPAYÁN

Smooth and balanced coffee

• Roast: Dark roast 4/5
• Roast profile: Filter & Espresso
• Origin: Cauca, Colombia
• Varietal: Arabica 100%
• Process: Washed , Decaf CO2

Popayán is located in the department of Cauca at 1,700 m.a.s.l.
This regions topography is perfect to grow exceptional coffee!
The so-called Meseta de Popayan is sheltered by the Andes
mountain range which helps generate homogeneous climatic
and altitudinal characteristics. 
We collaborate with approximately 65 growers who contribute to
this program and with whom we build long-term relationships.
This program encourages farmers to focus on quality and based
on quality assessment we provide up to 20% premiums above
the market price.

This decaffeination process is unique. The caffeine is extracted
using sugar cane and water which enhances sweetness while
maintaining coffee attributes.
The green beans are put into a steam chamber where the silver
skin is removed from the bean. After this, the beans are
submerged in spring water and as soon the coffee is saturated
with water it is sent to the extractors where the beans have
direct contact with sugar cane ethyl acetate for 8 hours which
dissolves the caffeine content.
Then the decaffeinated coffee is dried in a chamber to reach the
same moisture content that it had prior to the process