Organic Decaf Maya Royal Select
$19.75
A full-bodied cup with notes of orange, caramel, and milk chocolate.
Coffee Farm Information
Location: Honduras, Central America
Varietal: Bourbon, Catuai, Caturra, Pacas
Process: Mountain Water Process
Drying: Mechanical Dryer
Harvest: November - March 2024
Varietal: Bourbon, Catuai, Caturra, Pacas
Process: Mountain Water Process
Drying: Mechanical Dryer
Harvest: November - March 2024
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Certifications
We've had it with decaf coffees that taste like something other than coffee! Our decaf Maya from Honduras is subtle, mild and well balanced.
Most coffee companies use toxic chemicals to decaffeinate their beans. In fact, if you don't see the natural process on your bag of decaf beans, odds are they are done the easy way, with similar chemicals to those used in nail polish and paint thinner! Chemicals we can hardly spell, let alone pronounce.
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Our Decaf is decaffeinated using a Mountain Water Process. Water Process Decaffeination is a unique, natural process; using only clear, pure water.
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In the decaffeinating Mountain Water 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 holds the elements of the flavor, so that, during the extraction of the caffeine the beans maintain their original components.
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To separate the caffeine from the water containing the soluble components, the water passes through a special filter that removes the caffeine. This results in “coffee solid soluble charged water” saturated with the flavor components but free of caffeine, which is used again in the extraction process.
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As a result of this process, we obtain coffee beans that are 99.9% caffeine-free. Once the decaffeination process is finished, the beans are dried and packed, and ready to export.
FARM INFO
In the year 2000, 62 Honduran coffee farmers joined together with a common goal to transform their farms from conventional to organic production and formed COMSA (Cafe Organico Marcala, S.A). In 2001, fostered by a foundation called Funder, COMSA earned their organic certification from Bio Latina which has enabled them to market their coffee to more international buyers and realize better selling prices for their coffee. In February 2006, COMSA then applied for and was granted Fair Trade certification status. COMSA uses the Fair Trade price premium to fund many social projects including paying teachers’ salaries and purchasing school supplies.