Shining Stars - Decaf

Tasting Notes: 

Caramel - Brown Sugar - Sweet Citrus

Characteristics:

• Country:  Colombia
• Region:  Caldas
• Altitude: 1400m- 1600m
• Varietal:  Castillo - Blend
• Treatment: Washed 
• Decaffeinated: EA Process 
• Coffee: Whole beans
• Weight: 100g or 250g
• Brew: Espresso or Filter 

Cupping Score 84

Shining Stars is a decaffeinated coffee coming from the Caldas cooperative's dedicated and well-organized small farmers who live in the most mountainous department of Colombia, Caldas. The Caldas cooperative was founded in 1960 and is today home to more than 3,600 allied partner producers, most of them smallholders where producers can sell their coffee and access agricultural support and guidance from agronomists who work with the cooperative.

The Castillo beans that comprise this blend were grown between 1,400 and 1,600 m.a.s.l and were treated to a washed process, with a fermentation stage that lasted between 10 and 12 hours. The coffee was then mechanically dried for 36 hours. Like all these EA decaf blends, Decaf Caldas underwent a specific decaffeination process at the Descafecol plant in Manizales. The method is considered to be the most “natural” process available and able to remove a minimum of 97% caffeine.

You will enjoy the well-balanced mouthfeel of the Caramel, Brown Sugar and Sweet Citrus.