Ethiopia Decaf

About this coffee

This coffee is cultivated in the Western part of Ethiopia near the forests that are the birthplace of Arabica coffee. Limu and Djimma, another popular coffee producing region, overlap. The region shares many characteristics with the Southern regions, especially Yirgacheffe and Sidamo, coffees from the three regions also share the floral notes and citric acidity. Limu is known for having a fuller body than the other two regions.

Telila is a newer washing station in western Ethiopia. It is owned and operated by Mike Mamo of Addis Exporters. This particular mill – Telila Washing Station – is situated near Kecho Anderacha in Gera woreda. the washing station is owned by Mike Mamo. Mike is a coffee exporter and also partner in the importer for this coffee, but in 2019 he decided to buy this Washing Station.

Like most Washing Stations in Ethiopia, Telila takes coffee cherries from local smallholders. Unlike many Washing Stations, Mike has focused on controlling and separating the coffee cherries the mill takes in lots can be kept apart. That’s where the second part of this coffee’s name comes in – this lot has come from one day’s worth of coffee processed from the nearby Yukro village.
This EA decaf lot is the best decaf we’ve ever had, it’s lively and full of typical Ethiopian flavours – peach, brown sugar and earl grey.

E.A. Process or Ethyl Acetate process is a very common and popular decaffeination process where they rehydrate the green beans by steaming them, once fully saturated they spray an Ethyl Acetate solution over the beans, and once fully coated they allow the beans to dry. When the beans are drying, the Ethyl acetate solution evaporates, taking the Caffeine with it. This makes for a really balanced sweet cup of decaf and one of our favourite methods.