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DECAF - Colombia - Galeras

£10.20

Process: Washed Sugar Cane Decaffeinated

Varietal: Castillo, Caturra, Colombia

Altitude: 1850m

Tasting Notes: Caramel, red apple & dark chocolate

Recommended Brewing Type: Espresso, Stovetop, Cafetiere

About the Beans : DECAF - Colombia - Galeras

The town of Buesaco lies high on a ridge in the Andes Mountains of the Nariño department in Colombia. Promotora Cafe de Altura has its offices, cupping lab, warehouses and it works with more than 300 smallholder farmers all over the Nariño department. The farmers are paid premiums on top of the market price. These premiums incentivise high quality standards and good agricultural practices, like avoiding the usage of glyphosate and other chemicals.
 
This lot of decaffeinated coffee consists of small batches of beans from farms around the Galeras Volcano. This coffee was decaffeinated using the Ethyl Acetate (EA) decaffeination process.
 
Ethyl acetate is produced by esterification between ethyl alcohol, which is derived from the fermentation of sugar cane, and acetic acid. The green coffee is submerged in a wash of water and ethyl acetate, during which the ethyl acetate bonds with the caffeine in the coffee and begins to extract it from the green seeds. The EA solution is flushed and the process is repeated until reaching a minimum decaffeination level of 97%. Finally, the green coffee is steamed to remove any remaining ethyl acetate from the seeds.

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Delivery Information

Christmas Ordering & Deliveries

Our Roastery will be CLOSED from Tuesday 24th December - Wednesday 1st January inclusive.

To avoid disappointment we recommend placing your orders allowing plenty of time for delivery before Christmas.

Our latest recommended ordering dates for pre-Christmas delivery are as follows ...

- Click & Collect, order by midday on Friday 20th December

- Local Oxford Delivery, order by midday on Friday 20th December

- Royal Mail Standard Delivery, order by midday on Friday 13th December

- Parcel Force Next Working Day, order by 11am on Thursday 19th December

Orders can still be placed after the above dates, however will not be processed, packed or shipped until we return on Thursday 2nd January.

All orders placed by midday, Monday - Friday, will be dispatched from the Roastery the same day.

FREE Click & Collect from any of our Cafe's for orders placed Monday - Friday, 8am - 4pm.

(please allow 24hrs for collection).

FREE standard delivery for all orders of £30 and over.

For orders under £30 a delivery charge will apply ...

£1.50 Eco-Friendly Local Delivery 

Available to Oxford postcodes OX1 - OX4. 

Orders placed by midday will be delivered the next working day.

£3.20 Standard UK Delivery 

Orders placed by midday will be dispatched the same day.

Please allow up to 4 working days for Royal Mail 2nd Class UK delivery. 

£5.95 Parcel Force Next Working Day 

Orders placed by 11am will be dispatched the same day.

Delivered next working day.