Coffee Description
A more modern take on decaf, this coffee boasts a maple sweetness and sweet notes of peach and apricot. Enjoy!
Roast Level from the Roaster
Refers to the roast level in comparison with other coffees from the roaster
Light
Variety
Process
Washed
Elevation
2150 masl
Region
Sidama
About Sidama Washing Station of Ethiopia
Shantawne Decaf!? Yup. We were super excited when Swiss Water produces this coffee under their small-batch series, giving us the chance not only to highlight the Shantawene mill in a different way but to also highlight Swiss Water’s process which removes caffeine but the terroir and sweetness of the coffee remains.
This particular offering is certified organic from the Shantawene mill, which we have worked with for a few years. Located in the Sidama Zone of Ethiopia, the Shantawene mill has focused in on experimenting with processing and drying, providing room for quality to improve. Each year this mill turns out amazing coffees, of which we purchase several lots.
Sidama, Ethiopia
Onyx Coffee Lab
Lest the myth perpetuate that specialty coffee does not come from Arkansas, Onyx Coffee Lab is blowing that particular urban legend out of the water while creating a few of their own. Husband-wife owners Jon and Andrea Allen have rapidly taken the coffee world by storm with their combination of art and science.
The magic starts with sourcing, with countless small sample batches from coffee importers and with direct visits to farms around the world. "I know direct trade means a lot of different things to different people, but for us if we don’t put money in the producers hands we won’t call it direct trade," says Jon. Once found, the coffees are carefully roasted in twenty-pound or smaller batches, then shared with the three Onyx cafés and over 150 wholesale customers in thirty states.
Clearly Onyx Coffee Lab knows what they're doing: this northwest Arkansas matrix of coffee know-how routinely cleans house at the U.S. Coffee Championships; Andrea Allen placed first in the 2020 Barista Championship, while Elika Liftee placed first in the 2020 Brewers Cup Championship, and they both went on to the 2021 World Coffee Championships to place in 2nd place for Barista and 3rd place for Brewers Cup. Onyx has been chosen by Architectural Digest as Arkansas' most beautiful coffee shop, garnered multiple Good Food Awards, and been described as the "Best bags of coffee you can buy online" in GQ.
