Unwind consists of two separate decaf lots that both undergo the Ethyl Acetate (EA) Decaf process but come from two separate producing countries. The first lot is composed of coffee from the Sierra Productora de Café Amatenango de la Frontera Cooperative in México. These coffees are washed for 12-24 hours with some lots being fermented for an extended period of 12-84 hours. SIPRO and Amatenango work hard to improve quality amongst the extreme security risks in the region which complicate the mobility of coffee.
The second lot is grown in Huila, Colombia and is composed of coffee from 850 growers from the towns of Timaná, Suaza, Elías, Tarquí, and Pitalito who deliver to the Asprotimana Cooperative. These coffees are washed and then dried for 15-25 days. This cooperative has focused on technical assistance along with creating a rotary fund for purchasing coffee, laboratory equipment, and improving their collection centers.
The Ethyl Acetate process includes soaking the unroasted coffee in a solution of water and ethyl acetate. Ethyl acetate is made created using sugar cane that is turned into molasses. The molasses is then fermented to create ethanol and processed with acetic acid to create the ethyl acetate that will be used in the extraction of caffeine. The unroasted green coffee is soaked in the ethyl acetate solution which bonds to the caffeine, extracting it out of the bean. Once all the caffeine is removed, the bean is steamed to remove residual ethyl acetate, leaving a decaffeinated green coffee ready for roasting.
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