100 GR - COLOMBIA DECA - POPAYAN - Sample - Grain or Ground

All our coffees are pure Arabica SPECIALTY COFFEES.   Their TRACEABILITY allows in particular the control of their QUALITY and their taste excellence but also to preserve both THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRODUCER, by ensuring the latter a decent REMUNERATION. COUNTRY: Colombia Region: Huila & Cauca Altitude: 1400 to 2000m Environment: Mountainous Species: Arabica SENSORY PROFILE: “Chocolate notes, red fruits and cane sugar. » Harvest: main March to June, secondary October to November Process: Washed - Decaffeinated with sugar cane SCA rating: 82.5 ABOUT : This coffee from the Huila region is a blend of varieties, it is cultivated between 1400 and 2000 meters above sea level.   The Huila region has two harvest periods, the main one from March to June and the secondary one from October to November.   This is why we can deliver fresh coffee to you all year round.   It is decaffeinated with a natural solvent called ethyl acetate which comes from cane. sugar. This extraction method preserves all the aromatic molecules of the coffee.   In comparison, a banana peel will contain 20 times more ethyl acetate than this decaffeinated coffee!    The Cauca region: Cauca is known for coffee production in the eastern and central micro-regions on the mountains and near the town of Popayan.   The Cauca highlands are ideal for producing quality coffee because the high altitudes and geographic proximity to the Ecuador and surrounding mountains protect the coffee from the humidity of the Pacific and the southern trade winds.   The result is therefore a stable climate all year round with rich volcanic soil.   The region has 92,674 hectares of coffee production and the department is one of the most socially complex places in Colombia.   Western descendants live mainly in the capital of Popayan and the native peoples live in the somewhat more isolated mountain areas.