El Meridiano COLOMBIA
decaffeinated
El Meridiano is a cooperative coffee of 20 smallholders producing coffee in the Rioblanco area. It was decaffeinated locally using natural substances. In the cup expect notes of orange jam and walnut. We recommend it as an evening coffee. El Meridiano is a combination of Caturra, Typica and Colombia arabica varieties.
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olombia is considered to be a truly remarkable coffee growing country. There is a huge number of small coffee farms all over the country, and there are many coffee varieties, but in general we can say that Colombian coffee is elegant, silky, balanced and has a tropical fruit flavour with sugar cane notes. On the other hand, we can easily find Colombian coffees with tobacco-like and mineral flavours. El Meridiano is a cooperative coffee, the product of the ASOCEAS (Alto Saldana Association of Special Coffee Producers) that has 58 small farms as members. El Meridiano is the combination of 70 % Caturra, 20 % Colombia and 10% Typica arabica coffees, all grown on 20 ASOCEAS member plantations. The average size of these estates is about 11 acres. The coffee plantations around Rioblanco are at the elevation of 1550-1900 meters, and right after harvest the beans are processed at the local small-sized wet mills. The coffee grown here is decaffeinated not in Germany or Canada, but in Colombia, contributing to the local economy and reducing the harmful effects that might be brought about by transportation and storage. This decaffeination process uses a
natural substance derived from sugar cane. This material can be found in wine and raspberry as well. Caffeine content is removed from the beans using this natural substance (Ethyl-acetate), and the process does not release any unpleasant flavour. We had been trying to find a coffee that we can wholeheartedly give to people sensitive to caffeine, who drink coffee only because they love its taste, so our top priority has been to roast a coffee that is completely devoid of any unpleasant bitter flavour. The decaffeinated El Meridiano would have easily caught our attention on a blind cupping, since it has a characteristicly fruity note of orange or orange jam combined with a pleasant mouthfeel of walnut.
... To achieve the best taste experience possible use soft water and freshly ground coffee. Let it rest for a week after roasting but consume it within one month. Enjoy! the Casino Mocca team
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