Ethiopia
Dur Feres Natural SWP Decaf
Graham Cracker, Semi-Sweet Chocolate, Black Cherry
Ethiopia
Dur Feres Natural SWP Decaf
Graham Cracker, Semi-Sweet Chocolate, Black Cherry
Aromas of vanilla, licorice, almond and brown sugar introduce this special decaf that doesn't hide its natural processing. Smooth-bodied, we found flavors of cocoa, graham cracker, and black cherry alongside a baked apple acidity and brown sugar sweetness. A note of semi-sweet chocolate lingers in the finish.
Producer: Swiss Water Process
Farm: Smallholders
Region: Sidama, Guji
Altitude: 1,800 masl | 5,906 feet
Varietal: JARC 74148, JARC 74110, Setami, and Mikicho
Process: Natural, Swiss Water Process
Roast: Medium-Dark
Notes: Graham Cracker, Semi-Sweet Chocolate, Black Cherry
Dur Feres is a community blend of natural process beans from smallholders in Sidama, Guji. It was created with the goal of highlighting heavy, berry-forward flavor notes that made Ethiopian coffee stand out in the early days of specialty coffee.
The Swiss Water Process is a chemical-free method for removing caffeine from green coffee. It involves soaking green coffee in fresh water until it reaches a saturation level that allows the dissolvable solids, including caffeine, to be removed. Caffeine-free green coffee extract (GCE) is then introduced to the beans, which causes the caffeine molecules to bind to the GCE. The now-decaffeinated coffee is then dried to the proper moisture content and rested before shipment.