Colombian Sugar Cane Decaff

Medium Roast

Our Colombian Decaff is produced using a sugar cane method. process. Sugar cane is goof for more than just sweetening your coffee, its also great for decaffeinating it. That’s right, there is a natural, clean and green method of decaffeinating coffee beans that uses that sugary treat, sugar cane.

The Sugar Cane process is an organic, process that uses ethyl acetate which is formed from sugarcane mixed with water. Once this mixture is achieved, the green coffee beans are soaked and steamed. Next the ethyl acetate is flowed around the beans to clear away the caffeine. Then the ethyl acetate is cleaned off and the beans are ready to go.

The sugar cane method of preparing decaff is a natural, safe, chemical free and certainly sweet mode of decaffeination. Choose beans that have undergone the sugar cane method if you want some sweet beans that deliver all the lively flavour of fully caffeinated beans while supply little to no caffeine.

Thanks to some scientific smarts and creativity, it’s possible to have decaf coffee that tastes the same – just without the caffeine!

CAFENORTE is a cooperative with around 1.600 associated Coffee families in 12 municipalities of the Norte del Valle del Cauca, it has been more than 50 years as a leader in the production and marketing of Coffee in the northern region of the department. Our main purpose is to assure the wellness of the associated Coffee families, for that reason the cooperative has created services, programs and has obtained different certificates to contribute to their quality of life. At the same time we offer to our clients traceability throughout the value chain and a life experience directly with the coffee growers, due to CAFENORTE has supervised and controlled the entire chain process since the farm until the milling or roasting.

We think you should never have to skip flavor when you want to skip caffeine—and that you have the right to choose a process free of chemicals and flavor alterations. We’re here to change the way the world thinks about coffee without caffeine.

Rory’s Tasting Notes:

Aroma of Brown sugar and Cacao. Super delicious decaf with notes of chocolate, lemonade, green apple, full of citrusy, mild citric acidity, a sweet candy-like when hot, juicy lingering body, clean aftertaste

Brew Ratio:              1:2.125

Extraction Time:     28-30 seconds