Mexico • Veracruz Decaf • MWP Washed

WHAT IS DECAFFEINATION?

Decaffeination is a post-harvest process where caffeine is removed from unroasted, green coffee. Two categories of decaffeination exist: chemical and water decaffeination.

A chemical decaf method involves green coffee being soaked in chemicals that will remove a coffee’s caffeine. A water decaf method involves soaking green coffee in water to create a green coffee extract, decaffeinating the extract via carbon filtration and soaking fresh green coffee in the decaffeinated extract where caffeine diffuses from the green coffee into the extract.

This coffee was processed as a washed coffee, drying with no cherry or mucilage. Later the green coffee was decaffeinated via the mountain water process (MWP) which is a generic form of water decaffeination typically done by farmers on their farms.

AGRICULTURE INFO

Produced by smallholder farmers in Veracruz, Mexico.

A washed process coffee, decaffeinated using the mountain water process method.

A blend of Typica, Bourbon, and Caturra varietals.

Grown at an altitude of 1200 Meters (3935 Feet)

Harvested December 2023 - March 2024.

FLAVOR PROFILE

Described broadly on the bag as Milk Chocolate, Fruited, Clean