Dear Green Coffee: Sugar Cane EA - Hulia: Colombia, Decaffeinated

This origin select decaf offering is a single-origin blend of coffees selected by cup quality, and grown by multiple small holder producers in the Hulia region.

The Sugar Cane Decaffeination process works by soaking green(raw) coffee in a bath of water and a solvent called ethyl acetate, which is naturally derived from fermented sugar, among other natural sources. The solvent bonds to the salts of chlorogenic acid within the coffee, which allows for the extraction of caffeine. The coffee is removed from its bath and steamed at low pressure to ensure no traces of EA are left, and the finished product is almost entirely free of any but most trivial (0.1-0.3%) caffeine content.