Decaf El Triunfo Verde, México

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
• Sweet
• Bright
• Comforting

Triunfo Verde is the name of an association of smallholderSmallholderA 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. coffee producers who farm within the buffer zone of the Reserve de la Biósfera El Triunfo, a protected area that safeguards endemic flora and fauna. With over 400 members, the association grows specialty coffee organically under native shade trees, ensuring a symbiotic relationship with the environment. This particular decaf lot comes from women producers of Triunfo Verde, located in the region of Failesca, in Ángel Albino Corzo, Chiapas. This lot is made up of Marsellesa, Peñasco, Oro Azteca, and BourbonBourbonOne of the two foundational arabica varieties (with Typica), named after Île Bourbon (Réunion). Sweet, balanced, caramel-leaning; parent of countless modern cultivars. varieties. It is 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. with a 24-hour fermentation and sun-driedNatural 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. before going through a water decaffeination process. This coffee is sweet and round, with notes of caramel, lime, and panela. When the time is right for coffee but you could do without the added buzz, this is just the ticket.