Tasting Notes: Brown sugar, molasses, lemon pound cake, bread pudding.
 
This decaffeinated blend hails from the most mountainous department of  Colombia, the miniscule but mighty Caldas. Azahar worked closely  with the Cooperativa de Caficultores de Caldas to source the lots that went into this Decaf Caldas blend, the first of its kind—an all Caldas blend.  The Caldas cooperative was founded in 1960 and is today home to more than 3,600 allied partner producers, most of them smallholders. The coop operates in eleven municipalities throughout the department and with 15 centers of atención al productor, where producers can sell their coffee and access agricultural support and guidance from agronomists who work with the cooperative. The Castillo beans that comprise this blend were grown between 1,400 and 1,600 m.a.s.l and were treated to a washed process, with a fermentation stage that lasted between 10 and 12 hours. The coffee was then mechanically dried for 36 hours. Like all these EA decaf blends, Decaf Caldas underwent a specific decaffeination process at the Descafecol plant in Manizales.
Coffee Grade
COL CA WA UGQ
Bag Type
Grain Pro / Ecotact
Plant Species
Arabica
Variety
Castillo