Condor Decaf – Little Waves Coffee Roastery

Description

Region: Tolima, Colombia

Producers: Elias & Shady Bayter

Process: Sugarcane Ethyl Acetate Decaffeination

Tasting Notes: stonefruit, molasses, with a nutty aftertaste

This particular decaf is a flagship coffee for Martha and her two sons at El Vergel Estate, produced for over a decade this family has been able to create a blend between traditional processing and modern touch with their special fermentations to develop fruity flavors in the cup. The caffeine extraction begins in circular containers with a combination of water and ethyl acetate where the coffee is immersed several times until the caffeine level drops to 0.1% (in other words it is 99.9% caffeine free)

Little Waves Roastery & Their Work

Little Waves, a coffee roastery in Durham, NC.  The company is owned by a lovely couple (Areli and Leon) who are passionate about building real relationships with everyone in the coffee supply stream, from producers to the baristas and consumers they interact with.

They take great pride in roasting coffee in a way that allows the natural flavors of the bean (and thus, the land) to shine through. I like to say that they help us consumers ‘taste and see’ the fruits of labor from other parts of the world.