Coffee Description
We like to source our decafs using Sugarcane Ethyl Acetate for one primary reason. The decaffeination process is produced at origin and helps local coffee communities grow unlike other popular decaffeination methods. This process taking place at origin also greatly helps reduce our carbon footprint by removing the need to send the coffee to a decaffeination facility (typically in a different country!)
Our Colombian E.A. (ethyl acetate) decaf offering is special in more ways than one; It is cupped specifically for their quality and sourced by single-origin, either region or farm. We call them Decaf De Caña because they're custom decaffeinated in Colombia, using a special, natural process that utilizes a solvent of ethyl acetate, which can be derived from fermented sugar. Our importing partner has personally visited the decaffeination plant several times, and was impressed by the process as well as the quality in the cup!
The process works by soaking green coffee in a solution of E.A., which bonds to the salts of chlorogenic acid in the coffee and allows for the removal of caffeine. The coffee is removed from the solvent and steamed at low pressure to remove the E.A. compounds, and the finished product retains its flavor integrity but contains almost no caffeine at all. (The beans will contain a maximum of 0.01–0.03% caffeine.)
Roast Level from the Roaster
Refers to the roast level in comparison with other coffees from the roaster
Light
Variety
Caturra
Process
Washed
Elevation
1750 masl
Region
Huila
About The producer of Colombia
Huila’s Departmental coffee committee, the local connection to the national Colombian Coffee Growers Federation, has invested notable resources into training producers in everything from fertilization to roasting. This, combined with producer enthusiasm, has created a regional culture of quality-focused production.
Huila, Colombia
Coffee Manufactory
Coffee Manufactory is a team of people who want to bring customers closer to farms, farms closer to roasters, roasters closer to baristas, and back again. Back to great farming relationships. Back to being good. Balanced. Clean. We started as a very small team with over two decades of green coffee supply chain experience. Joining with our friends Tartine Bakery who share our philosophy towards sustainable sourcing and most importantly doing things on a human scale.
We are working to create a new paradigm for the specialty coffee roasting industry. One where exceptional coffees are developed through extraordinary relationships. Where our buying practices are based on partnerships and collaborations and not traditional vendor relationships.
