Colombia Tumbaga - Sugarcane Decaf - Washed

While most decafs out there use older cheaper coffees, our Tumbaga is a high quality coffee carefully sourced to match the flavour profile we are looking for. Knowing that the decaffeination process will magnify sweetness and acidity, our supplier carefully source beans for high body, high sweetness and low acidity. An excellent cup without the caffeine that we are confident is the best on the market.

Tumbaga is named for an alloy of gold, copper, and silver that was used throughout Colombia to make small, often religious, objects. This alloy symbolically married the contradictory energies of sun (gold) and moon (silver), producing a balance between opposites, much like our Tumbaga Sugarcane Decaf.

Decaffeination, how is it done?

Sugarcane decaffeination utilizes a naturally occurring compound, ethyl acetate (EA) to decaffeinate coffee. The EA used in this process is derived from molasses (a by-product of sugar production). Since EA is naturally-occurring, the process is labelled as “naturally decaffeinated.” The EA process is relatively simple. The coffee beans are moistened with water and EA is circulated throughout. The EA binds with the caffeine in the bean and extracts the caffeine while leaving most of the other flavour compounds. After the desired caffeine level is reached, the EA residue on the beans is removed by steaming them. 

Few words about Colombia

Colombia has been producing and exporting coffee renowned for their full body, bright acidity and rich aftertaste, since the early 19th century. It boasts a wide range of climates and geographic conditions that, in turn, produce their own unique flavours in coffee. The increasing focus on the specialty industry is changing the way traders and farmers do business. It is becoming more common for farmers to isolate the highest quality beans in their lots to market separately. These higher-quality micro-lots are often sold via auctions.