Please note, this listing is for GREEN/UNROASTED coffee. Roasted coffee is at the top of the website.
Meaning ‘sleep’ in the indigenous Wayuunaiki language, Colombian 'Atunkaa' decaf lots are some of our favourite for sweet dreams and calm days. We loved the crisp Atunkaa Washed decaf we had earlier this year, and now we get to offer this juicy naturally-processed iteration, replete with sugary notes of Cherry Coke and vanilla. Dark mornings and evenings are instantly brighter with this comforting quaff by your side.
This coffee is from Siruma, one of our key long-term partners in Colombia via our importer Falcon. Siruma was founded six years ago with the mission of partnering with underserved farming communities in Cauca, Caldas, and Tolima. The company's name comes from the Wayuunaiki language and means ‘Heaven and Skies’. Victoria and her Siruma team constantly inspire us by how hard they work to improve both their farmers' coffee and livelihoods, and Falcon are exemplary in how they work with Siruma to promote the stories of everyone involved. It's a win-win relationship that we love being a part of.
Atunkaa Decaf showcases Siruma's commitment to transparency and fair prices for farmers. It is sourced from the Central Cauca Association for Peace (ACC) in Piendamó, Cauca. ACC was created by a local farmer who wanted to add value to Castillo coffee and provide stable incomes to help neighbours avoid illicit crops.
Central to the cooperative's model is its wet-milling plant, which gives smallholders without their own processing infrastructure a place to deliver cherry and receive a fair price. Because the plant's natural processing capability adds significant value, the cooperative is able to pay growers well for their cherry. On arrival, cherries are classified to determine whether they are directed toward natural or fully washed processing, with the higher-quality cherries reserved for naturals. They then pass through a cleaning stage to remove solid particles, followed by optical sorting that separates under-ripe cherries — routed to the washed process — from the ripest fruit selected for naturals. The natural-process cherries undergo an aerobic stage of 24 to 36 hours before mechanical drying at 35 to 40 degrees Celsius until moisture reaches 10 to 11 percent. Each batch is kept separate and packed in GrainPro to preserve quality.
The coffee is decaffeinated by Descafecol using a sustainable sugarcane-based process. By working directly with the mill and decaffeinator, Siruma ensures fair pricing and complete traceability back to the contributing farmers.
Elevation: 1700-1900 Meters Above Sea Level
Varietal: Castillo, Colombia, Caturra
Cup score: 86
Price paid per kg: £11.60
Process: Natural, then Ethyl Acetate/sugarcane decaffeinated
