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Colombia

"Madre Laura"

Decaffeinated with Sugar Cane Process

Notes of Chocolate, Cherry, Caramel, Mandarin, with a Creamy Body & Sweet

Our Decaf Madre Laura coffee is a blend of lots from various small producer partners. Campesino Coffee takes the initiative of profiling every lot that goes into the blend, ensuring consistency in the profile. This particular Decaf blend is of Madre Laura is a washed blend which is then processed at Colombia’s only and exclusive Decaf plant, DESCAFECOL, using the Sugarcane/EA Process.

The Sugarcane/EA process in a quick summary:

• Sugarcane is fermented and converted to EA (Ethyl Acetate), which is a naturally occurring compound and solvent that derives from the fermentation of the sugarcane.

• When the coffee first arrives to the Decaf plant it is placed in big silos that give off a light steam. This is to open the pours of the beans to allow for easy extraction of the caffeine. It's also to remove the silver skin from the bean which can hinder the decaf process.

• The green beans are then submerged into a tank filled with water and Ethyl Acetate to begin the Decaf process. The EA naturally bonds with the compounds of the coffee, allowing for the decaf process to occur.

• The process takes about 24 hours and removes about 98-99% of the caffeine. The extracted caffeine is sold by the Decaf plant to energy drink companies or soda companies. The silver skin from the green bean that was removed is also used and sold as a fertilizer...a darn good fertilizer, too!