DECAFFEINATED

Name: DECAFFEINATED
Brand: Quietly Coffee
Price: 23.00 CAD
Availability: InStock

$23

THE LOVE OF COFFEE:

Few things irk me more than the "death before decaf" motto. I fell in love with coffee for its flavour, uniqueness, and rituals. Caffeine is just a magical bonus on those especially tired mornings. Meaning I will forever advocate for well-processed and well-roasted decaf because it is every bit as delicious as its caffeinated counterparts. My motto: great coffee is great coffee.

This is a Mountain Water Process decaf, which uses spring water from Pico de Orizaba. Each batch of beans is steamed to create a green coffee extract, which is passed through a filter to remove only the caffeine content, then re-introduced to the green coffee. This process retains all the flavor and nuance inherent to the green coffee while removing 99% of the naturally occurring caffeine, all without the use of chemical additives or solvents.

ORIGIN:

Biru Bekele washing station is named after it's founder Biru. He stated in coffee by running his own farm nearly two decades ago but now runs several projects throughout the Orimina region. He established this washing station in 2019, seeing the immense potential of producers in the Guji region. This is the exact kind of decaffeinated offerings we love to bring in because you get the multilayered flavours resulting from the unique growing conditions, varietals and the natural processing in which cherries dry with cherry intact. In recent years, the station started using a 'cimma yeast', which is introduced during fermentation and imparts a unique signature taste specific to the station.

FLAVOUR:
Decaf gets a bad rap because historically it was never well-grown green and typically is roasted too hot and too fast. However, if you start with great coffee and then roast it with the decaf processing in mind, you experience the unique joy of origin. When you think of Guji coffee, it is hard not to go to vivid fruit and floral notes, which Biru Bekele certainly delivers! From the natural processing, you get a bigger body with a nice hazy and bright orange note, think clementine or mineola orange. There is a nice sugariness of dried apricot or mango and then a lingering sticky, spicy, and sweet finish that lands between cinnamon bun and honey on toast.

PARAMETERS:
For espresso, use a 1:2.3 ratio in 32-35 seconds.

ROAST DEGREE:
Light-Medium.

TASTE:
Dried apricot, minneola orange & cinnamon bun.
REGION:
Odo Shakiso, Guji, Oromia..
FARM:
Smallholder Farms at Biru Bekele.
VARIETY:

Local Landraces.
ELEVATION:
1900m.
PROCESS:
Natural & Mountain Water Process.
IMPORTER:
Rachel at Covoya.
FOB PRICING:
$16.92 USD per Kilogram.
(This is the price before transport costs including shipping, brokerage, etc.)
YEARS PARTNERED:
This is our first harvest from Biru Bekele.