Colombia Supremo Swiss Water Decaf

About Colombia Supremo Swiss Water Decaf

Unlike many decafs including most water decafs, this lot is Colombia Supremo screen 18, the highest grade of Colombia coffee and the largest bean size produced. These beans when roasted have a superior appearance for decaf. They roast and cup much like their non-decaffeinated Supremo counterpart. It is astonishing how much depth this coffee has for having been through a decaffeination process.

The Swiss Water Decaf plant located in Vancouver, British Columbia uses a chemical free, pure water process to remove caffeine while minimizing the impact on the coffee's native flavors. In the decaffeination process, the green coffee beans are immersed in water in order to extract the caffeine. The water contains the soluble components of the coffee beans which hold the elements of the individual coffee's flavor, so that during the extraction of the caffeine the beans maintain their original taste components. The resulting coffee is 99.9 caffeine free. Once decaffeination is finished the beans are dried and packed. We are finding the coffee decaffeinated in this ultra modern Canadian plant to be the purest and cleanest we have found most recently. In addition, the process can be performed on relatively small lots of coffee - this means top quality coffees, rather than volume coffees - can be decaffeinated. Top coffees decaffeinated this way are a real break-through. Top coffees decaffeinated this way are a real break-through.

Roast this coffee to Full City or FC+ to obtain a complete taste profile but you can also go darker if your tastes run that direction.

Cupping Charcteristics: This coffee does not cup like a decaf! It is clean and bright, with full, lingering body. It possesses honey-like sweetness and pleasingly tart elements. It is full of complex flavor notes not usually found in decaffeinated coffees. Honey-like sweetness and pleasingly tart elements.