Nott Colombia El Vergel Estate Decaf

1-STAR GREAT TASTE AWARD WINNER 2023

This coffee is sourced from the El Vergel estate in the Fresno municipality of Tolima.

This is a washed process sugarcane decaf selection of Red and Yellow Caturra varietals grown at 1450m above sea level.

Tasting notes are cane sugar, almond, apple and chocolate.

My least favourite time of day is the point at which I realise that another cup of coffee will stop me from sleeping properly. Which is what decaf is for. Nott, taken from the Old Norse for night, is my Decaf coffee range.

All Nott coffees are decaf processed using the Ethyl Acetate from Sugarcane method (EAFS.) This is commonly referred to as “sugarcane” or “natural’ decaf, but I think it’s really important to be transparent about the process, and not try to hide its nature behind positive-sounding labels, which could be misleading.

The Sugarcane decaf method involves steaming the beans to open them up, treating them with a solvent called Ethyl Acetate, a by-product of sugar cane processing, to remove the caffeine and then drying the beans again.