DÉCAFÉINÉ - COLOMBIE

Tasting notes TOFFEE + APRICOT + COLA SYRUP Sourcing

ORIGIN	Municipality of Buesaco, department of Nariño, Colombia
PRODUCERS	Several small-scale producers
VARIETY	Various
PROCESS	Washed and decaffeinated with ethyl acetate
ALTITUDE	2,100 to 2,400 m
PARTNERS	Apex Coffee Imports
VOLUME PURCHASED	5,600 kg
FOB	$4.20 USD/lb
DELIVERED PRICE	$8.30 CAD/LB
RELATIONSHIP	1 year

Coffee information

This coffee offers a classic profile with notes of chocolate, cola syrup, and toffee, along with a lovely acidity reminiscent of apricot. It’s just as enjoyable as espresso as it is brewed with a filter. It was decaffeinated with ethyl acetate, a solvent that can be obtained from sugarcane. The process involves moistening the green coffee beans, exposing them to the solvent, then rinsing them with steam and drying them. This method extracts the caffeine while preserving much of the coffee’s flavor.

The name of this coffee, Buesaco Jardines, means “Gardens of Buesaco,” a nod to the lush gardens surrounding the small coffee farms in this municipality nestled in the Andes Mountains. The Jardines project grew out of a collective effort: bringing together small harvests to create more consistent lots that are easier to manage and can fully showcase the character of the terroir.

This lot brings together several producers, including Aura Montánchez, a second-generation coffee grower, Yovanny Pinchao of La Esperanza farm, the first in his family to start growing coffee in 2019, and Javier Martínez, a producer from Villa Moreno based in the village of El Cortijo.

Espresso — recommended parameters

Ground coffee	17.7 g
Coffee in the cup	34 g
Extraction time	28 sec

Note — Recipe optimized for an 18 g basket. Check your machine’s manual for your basket’s capacity. V60 – Recipe Ratio 1:16 15 g in – 240 g out Water temperature: 91 °C Timer 0:00 ℹ️ Press “Start” to keep the screen on. 0:00 Phase 1 — Bloom Pour for 0:10s Total 50 g 0:40 Phase 2 Pour for 0:30s Total 150 g +100 g 1:20 Phase 3 Pour for 0:25s Total 240 g +90 g 2:15 Final time, complete drawdown ℹ️ Tip — If the total time is shorter, the grind is probably too coarse. If it’s longer, the grind is probably too fine.