DECAF Colombia - Los Trapiches: Washed, Caturra, Colombia & Castillo

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
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If you would like your coffee shipped pre-ground, please choose from our 'Select Grind' option before adding this coffee to your cart. A coffee we have been lucky to have on our list before, Los Trapiches makes for a superb cup. Smooth, sweet and easy drinking, we jumped at the chance to have this coffee as our decaf option. Always decaffeinated at source, our producers use a raw cane sugar process, which we feel is the least invasive way to decaf that also adds to the coffees naturalNatural processThe whole cherry is dried with the fruit still on the seed. Gives heavier body and big fruit flavors — think berries and wine — sometimes with a fermenty edge. sweetness. Country : Colombia Farm Name : Los Trapiches Elevation : 1,500-1,700 m.a.s.l. VarietyVariety (cultivar)The botanical subtype of the coffee plant — Gesha, Bourbon, SL28 — analogous to grape varieties in wine. A major driver of cup character alongside origin and process. : CaturraCaturraA natural dwarf mutation of Bourbon found in Brazil: compact plants, easier picking, bright and clean cup. A workhorse across Latin America., Colombia & CastilloCastilloColombia's leaf-rust-resistant variety, bred by Cenicafé from Caturra and Timor hybrid. Long dismissed by purists, it now wins competitions when grown and processed well. Process : WashedWashed processThe fruit is removed from the seed before drying, usually with fermentation and a water rinse. Tends to give clean, transparent cups where origin character shows clearly.