PORCUPINE DECAF

PORCUPINE DECAF

$22.00
$22.00
Quantity must be 1 or more

ORIGIN : Frontera, Chiapas, Mexico
FARMER : NKG Smallholders
ALTITUDE : 900-1200 m
PROCESSING : Mountain Water Process
ROAST : Medium
TASTING NOTES : Milk Chocolate, Candied Orange, Vanilla, Floral


Our newest Porcupine Decaf is a limited-edition, fully traceable decaffeinated coffee. It is grown in Frontera, Chiapas in the Sierra Madre bordering — and sharing the same microclimate with — the Huehuetenango mountains. The smallholders who produce this coffee are enrolled in the global NKG Bloom initiative. NKG Bloom provides access to custom service packages that may include financing, high-quality inputs, seedlings, agronomy and business training, information services, access to markets and new coffee technologies.

This coffee is lovingly known as Porcupine Decaf in honor of the small porcupines that live in the area. At night, they emerge in search of food and can be seen in the tops of trees surrounding the plantations.

Mountain Water Process is a method of indirect decaffeination. All our MWP decafs come from Descemax, which uses pure water from Pico de Orizaba—the highest mountain in Mexico. The process begins with a chemical analysis to determine optimal conditions. Next, the beans are steamed and prepared for extraction. Finally, they undergo an extraction process which uses a water-based saturated solution. This solution removes the caffeine while keeping the coffee’s flavor compounds in place.


We roast on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and to ensure the best tasting coffees, orders received after Monday may not be processed or shipped until the following week.

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