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      Honduras Fair Trade Organic Mountain Water Decaf

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      About Honduras Fair Trade Organic Mountain Water Decaf

      This high quality coffee is decaffeinated using the Mountain Water Process, performed by Descamex of Veracruz, Mexico.

      This coffee is sourced by RAOS (Cooperativa Regional Mixta de Agricultores Organicos de la Sierra) an assocation with 200 coffee producing members, all farmers from small family-owned farms in the Marcala growing region within La Paz, Honduras. RAOS was founded in 1997 and is the first small to medium cooperative of organic coffee producers in Honduras. The farms all sit at between 1200 and 1600 meters above sea level and produce multiple coffee varietals including Bourbon, Catuai, Caturra and Typica. All of the coffee is organically grown then fully washed and sun dried.

      Leaf rust or "roya" has had rippling effects in the coffee growing world and Honduras is no exception, the Marcala region where this coffee is produced has experienced considerable damage. Roya does not affect the quality of this coffee but rather, it can greatly reduce the size of the crop. RAOS is is supporting recovery of the damage with financing that has helped members invest in nurseries to replace the effected coffee trees as well as added more shade trees for next years harvest.

      Grower: Smallholder coffee producers
      Region: Marcala, La Paz, Honduras
      Altitude: 1200-1600 meters
      Process: Fully washed, sun dried
      Variety: Bourbon, Catuai, Caturra, Typica
      Harvest: November - March
      Soil: Clay
      Certification: Fair Trade, Organic

      Cup Characteristics: Clean, sweet and surprisingly devoid of traits that might lead you to know it's decaffeinated. If you start with a quality coffee and decaffeinate it properly, the results can be very surprisingly good today. If decaf is what you need than you will want this one.

      Roasting Notes: This is a high grown, dense coffee so can withstand quite a bit of heat. Decafs roast a little more quickly than their non-decaf counterparts and are just about devoid of chaff.