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About Colombia Pink Bourbon Swiss Water Decaf

We have a very small quantity of a micro-lot that is part of the Swiss Water Emerald Small Lot series. Arrived the latter half of September 2025 and will no doubt be gone quickly. To produce a top decaffeinated coffee you must begin with an excellent green coffee. Swiss Water is making big inroads into sourcing high green coffee to decaffeinate with their chemical free process.

This is an excellent decaffeinated coffee from Acevedo, Huila, processed at Jhoan Vergara and Nestor Lasso’s Beneficio Peñas Blancas mill, a venture operated by Las Flores.

Peñas Blancas uses innovative centralized processing methods - such as thermal shock fermentation. Thermal shock uses cold water to stop fermentation at a precise point rather than allowing it to drift. Also, the beneficio differs from the traditional on-farm processing common in Colombia, centralizing final processing in order to have better control and outcome for each coffee. Guided by Vergara and Lasso, these techniques enhance the coffees’ natural florality and fruitiness. Vergara also emphasizes sustainability, restoring soil health and planting over 2,000 shade trees. The result is coffee that reflects both distinctive processing and a thoughtful, environmentally minded approach.

Beneficio Peñas Blancas mill in Huila

Producer: Jhoan Vergara
Country: Colombia
Region: Acevedo, Huila
Altitude: 1740 meters
Variety: Pink Bourbon
Process: Thermal shock to arrest fermentation, fully washed

The Swiss Water Decaf plant located in Vancouver, British Columbia uses a chemical free, pure water process to remove caffeine while minimizing the impact on the coffee's native flavors. In the decaffeination process, the green coffee beans are immersed in water in order to extract the caffeine. The water contains the soluble components of the coffee beans which hold the elements of the individual coffee's flavor, so that during the extraction of the caffeine the beans maintain their original taste components. The resulting coffee is 99.9 caffeine free. Once decaffeination is finished the beans are dried and packed. We are finding the coffee decaffeinated in this ultra modern Canadian plant to be the purest and cleanest we have found most recently. In addition, the process can be performed on relatively small lots of coffee - this means top quality coffees, rather than volume coffees - can be decaffeinated. Top coffees decaffeinated this way are a real break-through. Top coffees decaffeinated this way are a real break-through.

Roast this coffee to Full City or FC+ to obtain a complete taste profile but you can also go darker if your tastes run that direction.

Cupping Charcteristics: Vanilla and mint tinged aromas. Lemon-lime citric acidity. Sweet honeysuckle and peach flavors, with a hint of sage in the background.

Genuine Swiss Water Decaffeination