Brazil Minas Gerais Sugar Cane Decaf

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MILK CHOCOLATE | ORANGE | WALNUT

Origin

Country: Brazil
Region: Minas Gerais
Farm: Volcafe Santos
Altitude: 900 masl
Variety: Catuai, Mundo Novo
Process: E.A Decaf - Natural

About this coffee:

This Brazilian decaf is a regional blend from Minas Gerais.

Once ripe coffee cherries are harvested and processed, the coffee makes its way to the warehouse in Varginha, where the coffee is sorted by screen size, screened for defects and eventually prepared for export, where the coffee is sent to Bremen for decaffeination. In Bremen, the coffee goes under the Water - Ethyl-Acetate process, commonly referred to as the “Sugarcane” or “E.A” process, where a naturally occurring substance (Ethyl-Acetate) commonly sourced from sugarcane is extracted and used as a solvent to bind to caffeine.

The process starts by soaking the green coffee in water and then steaming it for about 30 minutes to open the pores and expand the coffee cells. This makes the caffeine extraction possible. Then the green beans are soaked and washed in ethyl acetate solution, which attracts and removes the caffeine. Once the coffee is saturated, the tank is emptied, and a fresh solution is poured in, which is done for another eight hours. Then the coffee undergoes steaming, which removes the EA. After drying, cooling and polishing the beans, a final quality control determines whether the coffee is ready for roasting.

This coffee is sourced and roasted for espresso brewing method.