Decaf Colombia Huila
Decaf Colombia Huila
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Flavor notes: Kahlua and cocoa with mild acidity and sweet.
This is a Decaf EA coffee and has been decaffeinated using Ethyl Acetate (E.A.). Ethyl Acetate is a non-chemical decaffeinating process. This process works by soaking green coffee in a bath of water and a solvent called ethyl acetate, which is naturally derived from fermented sugar, among other natural sources. The solvent bonds to the salts of chlorogenic acid within the coffee, which allows for the extraction of caffeine. The coffee is removed from its bath and steamed at low pressure to ensure no traces of E.A. are left, and the finished product is almost entirely free of any but the most trivial (0.1–0.3%) caffeine content.
The Raw Facts
The Raw Facts
- Origin: Colombia
- Region: Huila
- Variety: Castillo, Caturra, Colombia
- Altitude: 1400 - 2000 MASL
- Process: Decaf
- Year: 2025
Uncropping the Details
Uncropping the Details
Ethyl acetate is an occurring ester (present in bananas and also as a by-product of fermented sugars) that is used as a solvent to bond with and remove caffeine from green coffee. First, the coffee is sorted and steamed for 30 minutes under low pressure in order to open the coffee seeds’ pores and prepare them for decaffeination. The coffee is placed in a solution of both water and ethyl acetate, where the E.A. will begin to bond with the salts of chlorogenic acids inside the seeds. The tank will be drained and re-filled over the course of eight hours until caffeine is no longer detected. The seeds are steamed once more to remove the ethyl acetate traces, though E.A. is only harmful to humans in very high quantities (400 parts per million or more). The coffee is then dried and polished for export.
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