Your next half-caff pairs Meliponas from Loja, Ecuador with a decaffeinated version of Costa Rica Red Brick mainstay, Altamira de Chirripó. We’ve roasted them both specifically for a harmonious filter brew with significantly less caffeine and brown sugar, red apple, and tangerine notes.
When brewed, we discovered an average caffeine content of 40 mg/dl for this blend. If you’d like to learn how caffeine content is measured, check out James' video on the process here.
50% ALTAMIRA DE CHIRRIPÓ DECAF
Country COSTA RICA
Region CHIRRIPÓ
Process ETHYL ACETATE
Roast Level LIGHT
50% MELIPONAS
Country ECUADOR
Region LOJA
Process WASHED
Roast Level LIGHT
Meliponas from Loja, Ecuador finds a new companion in an Ethyl Acetate Decaf version of Costa Rica’s Altamira de Chirripó. The resulting Half-Caff is slightly bright, a bit more summery, yet still a perfect anytime brew.
A new decaf enters the Half-Caff Blend: Altamira de Chirripó EA Decaf! A favourite Red Brick component, coffees from the MICEPA micromill get the Decaf makeover and a roast specifically designed for this blend. MICEPA’s seven-family collective produces a white honey process with notable citrus and hazelnut flavours. The ethyl acetate decaf process complements these notes perfectly, adding a bit of honeyed sweetness and rounder texture.
Holding steady is Meliponas from Ecuador. This four-farmer blend brings soft pear and crisp red apple notes to complement the sweetness of its blend partner. Meliponas was produced in the canton of Puyango in the Loja province, Ecuador. Farmers in the area have invested in honey production, specifically focusing on the Melipona bee (which this coffee is named after)! Feeding from the coffee flowers, they help the pollination of coffee and fruit trees. Since then the canton of Puyango declared the bees a National Heritage as of September 2019.
