Price range: €14,90 through €50,00
Origin: Cauca, Colombia
Producer: Various producers
Varieties: Blend (Colombia, Castillo, Caturra)
Process: Washed
Altitude: 1500 – 2070 m
Harvest: November 2025
Aromatic profile: Dark chocolate, molases, silky body.
After one year working in the lab, we wanted to enjoy a good cup of coffee in the late afternoons, so we decided to start buying this coffee mainly for us. Little did we know that many of our clients were looking for a specialty version of a decaf coffee!
Popayán is located in the department of Cauca at 1,700 meters above sea level. Its unique topography creates ideal conditions for growing exceptional coffee.
The renowned Meseta de Popayán is naturally sheltered by the Andes mountain range, fostering remarkably consistent climatic and altitude conditions throughout the region. This environmental stability allows for slow, even cherry development, resulting in a beautifully balanced cup profile with delicate floral aromas and smooth caramel sweetness.
After manual harvesting, the ripe cherries are fermented for 12 hours. Then, they’re depulped and left to ferment in tanks for 48 hours and dried.
The caffeine is removed using sugar cane and water, which preserves the coffee’s natural sweetness and characteristics.The green coffee beans are placed in a steam chamber to remove the silver skin. They are then submerged in spring water. Once saturated, they are sent to extractors containing sugar cane ethyl acetate for eight hours to dissolve the caffeine content. Finally, the beans are carefully dried.
