Colombia | Buenos Aires | Castillo | Natural Decaf | Filter | 250g

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia· Quindío

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
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Region: Armenia, Buenos Aires, Quindio Elevation: 1200-1700 masl About: Jairo Arcila is a third-generation coffee producer from Quindio, Colombia. Jairo's first job was at Colombia's second-largest exporter, working as their mill manager for over 40 years. Jairo bought his first coffee farm, Finca La Esmeralda in 1989 and has acquired additional farms, like Finca Buenos Aires where this natural processNatural 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. decaf 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. is from. Decaf coffees are generally made from 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. coffees and are mild in flavour, but this offering is definitely wild! Coffee cherries were picked at peak ripeness and dried whole on raised beds. The cherries were then hulled and decaffeinated using the ethyl acetateSugarcane (EA) decafDecaffeination using ethyl acetate derived from fermented sugarcane, common in Colombia. Keeps sweetness well; often labeled 'EA' or 'sugarcane process'. process which is naturally derived from sugar cane. This process preserves the integrity and flavour of the coffee bean. Jairo's decaf is unlike any other decaf you've ever tried!