Villamaría Natural Decaf [25/26] - Colombia

Natural / E.A Decaf, Variedad Colombia, Castillo Naranjal, Medium-Heavy Roaster Influence - Profiled mainly with balanced and soluble espresso in mind, but versatile

Returning to the very same decaf lot we first launched with Scenery, the Villamariá natural lot has some history. We're reliably told it might have been the starting gun on the trend of excellent decafs - as both one of the first naturals as well as one of the first 87+ lots to have been sent through the Descafescol plant in Manziales, all the way back in 2019. 

Operating a hub-and-spoke model, cherry for 30-50 smallholder families in close communities deliver cherry to Finca La Aurora, where it is consolidated and taken 500m downhill to the Jamaica drying station, where warmer conditions better suit the drying of naturals

Raw Material is a Community Interest Company that returns 100% of profits to producers. Having started in a time of record low coffee prices, they delivered high prices to producers; we're in record high coffee prices now and they deliver high prices to producers - and when the market inevitably contracts, they'll keep delivering high prices to producers, achieved through their cherry-purchasing model with two-stage payments that decouples farmer earnings from commodity volatility.

We’re tasting:
Aromas of sour cherry, malt syrup and chocolate brownie. In the cup we get poached pear, medjool dates and milk chocolate, with that classic pineapple acidity common to the Colombian E.A decaf process. Overall super rich and sweet with a long toffee finish
In milk: chocolate tiffin.