Colombia Samaria Farm EA Decaf

This decaf is from the Samaria farm in Belén de Umbria, Risaralda Department. The farm dates back to the 1930's, when Gerardo Escobar Mesa and Enriqueta Ceballos moved to Belén de Umbria in search of new opportunities which were found in cultivating coffee. The farm has been family-run for four generations now, and has expanded to offer a range of different coffee varieties and processes. This lot is comprised of their Caturra cultivar, grown at approximately 1600 meters. The coffee was initially wet processed by Samaria, which for them involves a 12 hour fermentation to break down the sticky fruit mucilage, then drying on the patio. The coffee was decaffeinated by Descafecol, in Tolima, who use sugar cane as one of their main sources for the naturally occurring chemical needed for the process (hence the nickname "sugar cane decaf", which is likely only one of the sources of EA).