La Falda Decaf, Colombia

The name 'La Falda' comes from the shape of the mountain on the horizon, which looks like a skirt. This coffee is farmed by a group of smallholders within the municipality of Garzón - members of the Comercializadora de Café co-operative. Due to warming temperatures, farmers have suffered huge problems with leaf rust in recent years. The government incentivised planting more resistant varieties but this has not produced great cup quality. However, some quality focussed producers did keep their traditional varieties and with much hard work they have kept the leaf rust at bay, whilst producing outstanding coffees such as La Falda.

This coffee has been decaffeinated in Colombia by the natural sugarcane process. The coffee beans are steamed to open their pores before being rinsed for 10 hours in Ethyl Acetate - a natural compound derived from Colombia sugarcane and mountain water. The beans are then steamed again to remove any residue before being dried and shipped to our shores.