DECAF ETHIOPIA FT-FLO/USA ORGANIC NATURAL SIDAMO ROYAL SELECT SWISS WATER PROCESS – 31534-2 – SPOT COSEATAC
Price $5.36 per pound
Bag Weight 130.9 lbs
Position Spot
Bags 9
Warehouses Seattle
Flavor Profile Dried apple, berry, jasmine, caramel, marshmallow
Grade 4 Grade 4 is considered a mid-range grade and still exhibits notable characteristics. Grade 4 coffee beans are smaller in size and have a varying level of defects, including under-ripe beans, known as quakers. While they may not exhibit the same level of complexity and flavor as the higher grades, they can still offer a satisfying taste experience with distinct Ethiopian coffee characteristics, including earth and fruit tones.
Check out our Guide to Ethiopian Coffee Grades
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About this coffee
Grower
Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative
Altitude
1550 – 2200 masl
Variety
Indigenous heirloom
Soil
Vertisol
Region
Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Process
Full natural and dried on raised beds
Harvest
October – December
Certification
Fair Trade (FT FLO/USA) | Organic
Coffee Background
DECAF ETHIOPIA FT-FLO/USA ORGANIC NATURAL SIDAMO ROYAL SELECT SWISS WATER PROCESS is curated from lots that the Royal team has selected based on cup profile, physical preparation, and potential to express excellently once decaffeinated. During the Swiss Water process, the green coffee is hydrated to expand the beans for caffeine extraction. The hydrated green coffee is then introduced to Green Coffee Extract (GCE), a unique solution of concentrated coffee solubles that allows the caffeine to leave the green coffee via osmosis while minimizing the loss of desired flavor compounds. Once the caffeine has been removed the green coffee is re-dried and re-bagged for transport, and the GCE is filtered of its caffeine through proprietary carbon filters and recycled to be used again.
