Counter Culture Creates Exciting Colombian Decaf

Dec. 14, 2015
At Artisan Coffee Imports, we are proud of our decaf Colombians. Because of our partners, Virmax, who work consistently year after year, helping the farmers understand quality, they are able to produce a high-quality, decaf coffee.

Today Counter Culture announced they they have created a decaf out of the Borderlands project. At Artisan Coffee, we're excited to hear that the Borderlands project included an effort to improve quality for specialty decaf consumers, too!  Click here to learn more about decaf Urcunina.

New arrivals - decaf green coffee

New Decaf Green Coffee is available now.

We know the greatest roasters in the world need the highest quality green coffee, especially when it comes to decaf. Real coffee lovers want the best taste, regardless of the caffeine content, so Artisan Coffee Imports is excited to offer a new lineup of top-shelf decaffeinated green coffee. Our updated lineup is as follows:

Type	Arrival Date	Warehouse
La Serrania A Decaf – Colombia	March 2015	Conti
La Serrania A Decaf - Colombia	December 2014	Conti
Los Idolos AA Decaf - Colombia	September 2014	Conti
San Sebastian AA Decaf - Colombia	December 2014	Annex
La Serrania A Decaf - Colombia	April 2015	Annex

If there’s a different bean you wish you could sell as decaf too, let Artisan Coffee know and we can arrange decaf processing for you.

Head over to artisancoffeeimports.com/green-coffee to learn more!

Single Origin Decaf Cupping - 2nd Annual

April 15, 2012
Artisan Coffee Imports is getting ready for another innovative, never-done-before Single Origin Decaf Cupping at the industry's biggest trade show: the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) Event. It'll be in Portland, OR, Apr. 18 - 22, at the Oregon Convention Center.

Last year Artisan offered a cupping where coffees from 4 origins were decaffed using 4 different decaffeination processes. So for example, you could cup a Colombian decaffeinated with ethyl acetate, methylene chloride, CO2 and/or water. (see photo)

This year we're doing it different -- there will be coffees from 4 origins: Colombia, Sumatra, Ethiopia and Bolivia. Each one is a micro lot coffee with  transparency to the cooperative level, i.e. we know who grew this coffee and that it was treated with care throughout the supply chain. Each one will be presented as a decaf and as a regular coffee.

One table will be blind. This table is for those who think they can always pick-out the "weaker" taste of a decaf - and those who have the years of experience to identify different origins by taste and aroma (no labels needed). They can test themselves.

The other table will have the coffees labeled. This table is for the roasters who are serious about buying. When they put this decaf Sumatran or decaf Colombian in front of customers, will it convince? Does it have the flavors and notes that their customers expect of the coffee's origin?

The coffees to be presented are:

• Ethiopian Sidama ARDI - decaf and caffeinated
• Bolivia "Rico" (microlot) - decaf and caffeinated
• Colombia AA Los Idolos (Huila microlot) - decaf and caffeinated
• Sumatra Mandheling - decaf and caffeinated

For more information, go to www.ArtisanCoffeeImports.com.