Finca Santa Ana La Huerta - Mountain Water decaf
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Finca Santa Ana La Huerta
Finca Santa Ana La Huerta
Caturra, Catimor, Bourbon
Fully washed
1,370 to 1,820 metres above sea level
Rony Asencio
El Progreso
Sierra de Las Minas
Guatemala
Additional information:
Rony Asencio and his family have been growing coffee at Finca Santa Ana La Huerta since 1990. The
farm sits high in the Sierra de Las Minas mountain range, in Guatemala’s eastern highlands. This lush,
rain-drenched region contains some of Central America’s largest cloud forests and much of the area
was declared a biosphere reserve in 1990. The region’s diverse habitats are estimated to contain
some 70% of all bird and animal species found in Guatemala and Belize, including several threatened
birds.
Finca Santa Ana is located below the Sierra de Las Minas national reservoir, at an altitude of 1,370 to
1,820 metres above sea level. It is planted with Caturra, Bourbon and Catimor varietals, which are
handpicked and fully washed. The farm’s location, its rich soils and its natural springs, which flow
down from the surrounding mountains, create ideal conditions for growing high quality Arabica coffee.
Mountain Water Process
This coffee has been sent for decaffeination at the Mountain Water facility in Veracruz, Mexico. This
unique non-chemical decaffeination process uses the clear pure waters from the highest mountain in
Mexico, the Pico de Orizaba (known as Citlatepetl in the indigenous language) to gently remove the
caffeine from the green beans.
The process works by immersing the green beans in water in order to extract the caffeine content. The
water preserves the soluble flavour components of the green beans and this protects the original
characteristics of the coffee.
In order to remove the caffeine from the water containing these soluble flavour elements, the water is
passed through a filtration system. This produces a solution comprising the origin mountain water and
the soluble coffee flavours, now free from caffeine.
The resulting green coffee is 99.9% caffeine-free. The beans are then dried to the required moisture
content prior to export.
The Moutain Water Process is patented and is also organically certified in accordance with the
regulations of OCIA, NOP and JAS. It is also Kosher certified.