Latitude Decaf

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Huila

Tasting notes

Character

• Comforting
  20
• Funky
  20

DIRECT TRADE COFFEE Description Introducing 49th's first specialty instant coffee... simply pour, stir and enjoy! We know it’s hard to find delicious decaf specialty coffee. So here’s one that’s complex, rich and ready in an instant. All taste, no worries. Each box comes with 6 individual packs, makes 6 cups of coffee. Product Details What is Instant Coffee? Simply put, instant coffee is the soluble that have been extracted out of the coffee beans. Instant coffee is fully water soluble and no further extraction is required to prepare a delicious cup of coffee. We will be rotating different coffees throughout the year to keep things fresh and because coffees are very seasonal and often comes from small lots around the world. At this time, we are offering 2 different Ethiopian coffee from different regions and roast level as well as one decaffeinated coffee. Producer: Groups of SmallholdersSmallholderA farmer growing coffee on a small family plot — often under two hectares. Most of the world's coffee is grown this way, typically pooled at cooperatives or washing stations. Country: Colombia Region: Huila, Quindio, Narino Elevation: 1400-1600 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., CatuaiCatuaíA Brazilian cross of Mundo Novo and Caturra: short, productive, storm-resistant. Sweet, mild, dependable — everywhere in Brazil and Central America., BourbonBourbonOne of the two foundational arabica varieties (with Typica), named after Île Bourbon (Réunion). Sweet, balanced, caramel-leaning; parent of countless modern cultivars. Roast Level: Medium Roast To create our instant coffee, we partnered with Swift Cup Coffee where they use their innovative freeze-drying process on our coffee beans, preserving and locking in each coffees unique flavour profiles. Sourcing Story 49th Parallel Crop To Cup Story This new instant coffee is made with our single originSingle originCoffee from one traceable place — a country at the loosest, a single farm or lot at the strictest — rather than a blend of sources. decaf coffee decaffeinated at the Descafecol plant in Manizales, Colombia, through a special process using water and ethyl acetateSugarcane (EA) decafDecaffeination using ethyl acetate derived from fermented sugarcane, common in Colombia. Keeps sweetness well; often labeled 'EA' or 'sugarcane process'. from local sugar cane. Ethyl acetate's low boiling point enables gentle caffeine extraction and avoids excessive heat and pressure so the 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. structure of the green coffeeGreen coffeeUnroasted coffee seeds as they are traded and shipped. Roasters buy green and roast locally; 'green buying' is the sourcing side of the craft. bean cells is retained. The result is an exceptionally complex decaf coffee. To create our instant coffee, we partnered with Swift Cup Coffee where they use their innovative freeze-drying process on our coffee beans, preserving and locking in each coffees unique flavour profiles. Brew Guides Brew Method Add 8-10oz of water per sachet (less wate