Espresso MEXICO DECAF

Tastes Like: Arrowroot Cookie, Chocolate Covered Cherry, Marshmallow

Medium Roast 340g BAG

Just because it's decaf, that doesn't mean it stays quiet! Same James sources and roasts decaf with the same attention to consistency and detail as everything else they do. 

Their decaf from Mexico is unique in more ways than one. First, the green beans are grown by multiple smallholder producers are cupped specifically by our importer for their quality and identified for decaffeination.

Second, the beans are custom decaffeinated at the source. Sam James' water-processed decaf are done in a facility in Mexico called Descamex. In order to remove the caffeine in this process, green coffee is soaked in a water solution, which removes both the caffeine as well as other solubles in the coffee (flavor compounds, for instance). The water is removed from the seeds and run through a special filter that captures caffeine molecules and allows them to be strained from the solution. The solution—now containing flavor compounds but no caffeine—is then reintroduced to the green coffee seeds, which reabsorb the soluble materials. 

All these factors allow Sam James to roast one of the highest-quality, non-chemical-processed decaf coffees available. The results are a lower acid decaf coffee with a rich and creamy flavour and exceptional attention to freshness. Because decaf doesn't have to suck! We think it tastes like camping s'more and vanilla bean.

Region: Veracruz
Farm: Various Smallholder Farms
Varietal: Bourbon, Mundo Novo
Altitude: 1100 - 1800 m.a.s.l
Processing: Mountain Water