Organic Decaf Peru Royal Select
Altitude: 1200 masl
Varietal: Typica, Catimor, Bourbon, Pache
Process: Washed, Water-Process Decaffeinated
Drying: Patio Drying
Harvest: June - July
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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.
In 1965, a group of 100 small-scale coffee farmers from the Chanchamayo region came together to establish the La Florida Cooperative. Today, the coop has grown to over two thousand farmers who work together to improve the quality of coffee La Florida produces. The revenue from their Fair Trade sales has brought education, infrastructure, credit, and environmental consciousness to this rural area. The coop has established The Occupational Learning Center for Sustainable Agriculture, which offers training in environmentally-friendly farming techniques, as well as providing healthcare services in rural areas, technical assistance in crop diversification to create additional income, maintenance of five roads, portable water systems, schools, a bridge, a health clinic, and they have purchased machinery and land to assist with coffee production. In 2005, La Florida won 6th place in Peru’s National Quality Competition.