El Yalcon Decaf
A balanced, chocolatey cup profile with notes of orange and toffee.
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There are 36 small and medium sized coffee producers from La Plata and El Pital who make up this coffee, and these farms range from 1 to 5 hectares and are mostly located at higher altitudes (above 1500 masl).
Mostly cultivated with traditional varieties such as Caturra and Typica, to guarantee a consistent quality and cup profile the team physically analyse and cup every single lot delivered – no matter its size.
El Yalcon Decaf is decaffeinated by the natural Sugar Cane process at the Descafecol plant in Manizales, Colombia, ensuring the coffee doesn’t travel further than necessary to reduce the carbon footprint impact. This involves the coffee been immersed in water with a natural occurring ester form sugar cane which extracts the caffeine from the green coffee.
- Region: Huila
- Producer: Caravela
- Variety: Caturra, Castillo and Colombia
- Process: Fully Washed
- Altitude: 1,500-1,900masl
- Harvest date: 2024, year-round depending on region
- FILTER RECIPE
- Suggested method: V60
Dose: 14g
Water: 220ml
Time: 3:30 mins
ESPRESSO RECIPE - Dose: 17g
Time: 30 secs
Yield: 40g
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There are 36 small and medium sized coffee producers from La Plata and El Pital who make up this coffee, and these farms range from 1 to 5 hectares and are mostly located at higher altitudes (above 1500 masl). Mostly cultivated with traditional varieties such as Caturra and Typica, to guarantee a consistent quality and cup profile the team physically analyse and cup every single lot delivered – no matter its size. The whole decaffeination is processed at the Descafecol plant in Manizales, Colombia, ensuring the coffee doesn’t travel further than necessary to reduce the carbon footprint impact.