Colombia Camionetta Anoxic Sugarcane Decaf Nº 238

This coffee is named after the trucks (Camionettas) that transport the coffee from each smallholding to the local mill. Around 10 producers, all farming the Pink Bourbon varietal individually ‘float’ their harvested coffee cherries. This involves submerging the cherries in water to separate ripe and underripe fruit. The ripest fruits are then transported to the drying station for further fermentation in an anoxic (oxygen free) environment.

The coffee is then dried using a combination of greenhousing and mechanical dryers, before being transported once more the decaffeination facility in Manizales. We believe this coffee in unique among decafs for many reasons, but one being that the coffee is grown in the same region as decaffeination takes place which keeps the food-miles, and resulting carbon footprint, down to a minimum.

The decaffeination is carried out using ethyl acetate derived from locally sourced fermented sugarcane. The green (unroasted) coffee is steamed and soaked in a solution containing the EA compound, which bonds to the caffeine molecules. The coffee is re-steamed to remove the EA from the final product.