Galeras Decaf - Colombia Espresso, Filter, All Coffee

Grapefruit, Meringue, Blackcurrant

Produced by - Promotora Cafe de Altura
Roast Type - Espresso, Filter
Origin - Nariño, Colombia
Process - Washed, EA Decaf
Varietal - Caturra, Castillo, Colombia
Altitude - 1850 masl

We're thrilled to offer Galeras, a delicious, bright and juicy decaf coffee sourced from our good pals at Ally Coffee.

The town of Buesaco, located in the Nariño department of the Andes Mountains in Colombia, is home to Promotora Cafe de Altura. This cooperative's premises includes their offices, cupping lab, and warehouses, and they source coffees from 300+ smallholder farmers in the region. Throughout harvest delivery the co-op cups beans for consistent and uniform lots. This decaf is a blend of batches from farms near the Galeras Volcano, processed using the Ethyl Acetate (EA) decaffeination method. The farmers are rewarded with premiums over the market price for achieving high-quality standards and avoiding the usage of chemicals, such as glyphosate.

Ethyl acetate is produced by esterification between ethyl alcohol, which is derived from the fermentation of sugar cane, and acetic acid. The green coffee is submerged in a wash of water and ethyl acetate, during which the ethyl acetate bonds with the caffeine in the coffee and begins to extract it from the green seeds. The EA solution is flushed and the process is repeated until reaching a minimum decaffeination level of 97%. Finally, the green coffee is steamed to remove any remaining ethyl acetate from the seeds.

This decaf is one of the juiciest decaf coffees we've tried in a while, exactly what you'd expect from our orange category. On the cupping table, we encountered brimming notes of grapefruit, meringue, and blackcurrant, reminiscent of our favourite childhood classic, Ribena.