DECAF: Colombia Popayán Decaf de Caña
You might be the kind of person who loves coffee but can’t have caffeine for whatever reason. Maybe you’ve got a heart ‘hing. Maybe you just don’t like the buzz. That’s cool - this is the one for you. It looks like coffee, it tastes like coffee, it is coffee. It will do absolutely nothing for your heart rate, but you can still enjoy it.
Flavour profile: Sweet and clean with floral and caramel notes
Process: Washed E.A (ethyl acetate) decaffeination
Variety: Castillo, Colombia, Caturra
Location: Cauca, Colombia
MORE ABOUT THIS COFFEE
Popayán is located in the department of Cauca at 1,700 m.a.s.l with has the perfect topography 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. The result is a balanced cup profile with floral and caramel notes.
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 proces
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE
Our cans are made from tin plate steel and therefore can be reused or recycled infinitely. We encourage you to reuse this can as much as you...can. Get it? 'Can' has more than one meaning. We offer a discount in-store when you refill your can. You can also refill at selected wholesale partners where available. No wholesale partner in your area? Let us know and we'll work on changing that. The cans can also be upcycled, or if you've accumulated too many they can be recycled infinitely.
POSTAGE
Currently, we roast every Monday and carry out our quality control, analysis and packaging on Tuesday. We ship everything from Tuesday-Friday and orders placed after 12 noon on Friday will be fulfilled the following week. All our coffees are shipped as whole beans unless requested otherwise in the 'notes' section at checkout. We send everything via Royal Mail. Please get in touch with us if your coffee hasn’t arrived within 10 days of your order.
For our EU customers - in the wake of Brexit we have been experiencing some delays with deliveries while they - basically - figure all this shit out. Please bear with us.
