Chickadee Decaf Coffee

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• Funky
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This is a decaffeinated blendBlendCoffees from multiple origins roasted or mixed together for a consistent, balanced profile year-round — the traditional backbone of espresso menus. of beans from the Americas, East Africa and Sumatra. Decaf is usually “where green beansGreen coffeeUnroasted coffee seeds as they are traded and shipped. Roasters buy green and roast locally; 'green buying' is the sourcing side of the craft. go to die,” as one importer told me a few years ago, but we try hard to source decafs that are made with new-crop green coffees that are fresh and tasty before the caffeine is removed (and so fresh and tasty after, too). All of the decafs we roast are decaffeinated with water, instead of more commonly utilized methyl chloride bath. Current composition: Ethiopia SCFCU Sidamo 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. Honduras Capucas Sumatra 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.