Decaf Colombia | Amigos de Huila
ilse coffeeAbout This Coffee
A decaffeinated Colombia lot from Huila, produced in collaboration with 14 smallholder farms and harvested in November 2024. The coffee is a field blend grown at 1600–1900 MASL and processed via a sugarcane-washed method with cherry and seed fermentations before ethyl acetate decaffeination. The cup is sweetness-forward with tasting notes of brown sugar, wafer cookie, citrus, orange, and stone fruit, offering a smooth, round body.
Origin
Huila (Colombia)
Flavor Notes
Brown Sugar, Citrus Fruit, Orange, Wafer Cookie
Roast Level
—
Processing
Ethyl Acetate Decaffeination, Sugarcane Washed
Typology
ArabicaField Blend
IC
ilse coffee
Rebecca Grossman and Lucas Smith founded Ilse in 2019, starting with a thousand dollars and a rented roaster in Stamford before building out their own facility in a converted mechanic's garage in North Canaan. The approach is quality-driven: light roasts, single-producer microlots, and a commitment to buying entire harvests from the same farms year after year, some relationships now stretch back to the beginning. Pricing is transparent; each bag lists what the producer was paid, the FOB price, and Ilse's cost. Sourcing focuses on Central and South America and East Africa, with Costa Rica, Honduras, Colombia, and Ethiopia appearing regularly.
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