Organic Decaf Peru Cajamarca
Altitude: 1650–1800 masl
Varietal: Caturra, Typica, Catimor, Bourbon
Process: Washed, Water-Process Decaffeinated
Drying: Patio and solar dried machine
Harvest: June to September
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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 solubles 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.
Rony Lavan is an ambitious and quality-driven cupper who has spent his career trying to carve out better and bolder coffees from small producers in Peru. While the country is emerging as a specialty market after many years of focusing on bigger lots and certifications, Rony's passion is with identifying and developing the top scores and the best cups. Green-coffee buyer Piero Cristiani met Rony before Piero was buying coffee for Cafe Imports, and the two have not only stayed professionally connected all these years, but they have also become great friends.
As president of the Lima Coffees exporting organization, Rony has already established himself as standing at the fore of microlot-quality coffees in Cajamarca. His first year with Lima Coffees, he entered the national competition and won; with the introduction of the Cup of Excellence competition to Peru in 2017, the country is poised to enter the international spotlight for its finest offerings. Rony and his coffees will be the ones to watch.