Sugarcane Decaf

Cofinet really focus to build long term working relationships with small coffee farmers in Colombia, helping them to get access foreign markets like the UK and Australia.

Grown in the Cauca region near the city of Popayán, which is in the west of Colombia, it is the perfect environment for growing high quality coffees, it is a co-operative blend from over 65 small farmers in the region, the co-operative program encourages farmers to focus on quality, where they can receive up to a 20% premium over the market price. The coffee is also decaffeinated at origin in Colombia, meaning that there is a lot less shipping miles with this processing method compared to alternative decaffeination methods available.

With a SCA cup score of 84+, you should take delicate sweet peach and vanilla balanced with a rich caramel aftertaste, we've roasted this coffee to a medium level like all our decaf coffee's.
The Sugar cane processing method is unique, The caffeine is extracted using sugar cane and water which enhances sweetness while maintaining coffee attributes. The green beans are put into a steam chamber where the silver skin is removed from the bean. After this, the beans are submerged in spring water and as soon the coffee is saturated with water it is sent to the extractors where the beans have direct contact with sugar cane ethyl acetate for 8 hours which dissolves the caffeine content. Then the decaffeinated coffee is dried in a chamber to reach the same moisture content that it had prior to the process.