Ethiopian WP Decaf (Sidamo)

Sweet Maria's Coffee

Here is another superb decaf coffee originating with a great lot of wet-process Sidamo (like Yirgacheffe in character, not like the dry-process Sidamo as much). I can't tell you how pleased I am with these new water process decafs; it's truly a breakthrough in cup quality. But the secret is the coffee sent down to the plant is really, really good lots of green coffee, and not whatever doesn't sell, or whatever the plant has laying around. That's the old way of thinking in decafs: they have usually been the lowest priced green lots, or the overstock. Here we have a lot of great Yirgacheffe, sent to the plant in Mexico for the non-chemical, natural, water process method of caffeine extraction. This is a really fine cup, with all the top-end bright notes and floral-fruit flavors found in an excellent non-decaf lot. The body is a bit light but even that is the case with the Yirgacheffes and wet-process Sidamo coffees, as compared to the dry-process Ethiopian coffees. It is floral and fruity in the aromatics, with just a hint of honey wine. It has a particular sweetness in the cup that is floral/rose-like in character, and a bit of a barley sweetness in the cup at a lighter City roast. I prefer it taken to a Full City though, where the flavors are intensified and the roastiness more pronounced, without overwelming the floral notes at all.

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