Elias Roa

Tastes Like: Milk chocolate, raisins, and definitely not caffeine

Not all decaf coffees are created equal. To be honest, most of them taste really bad. Not this one, though. We searched high and wide to find a decaffeinated coffee that we were proud to roast and offer to our friends.

Elías Roa is a longtime coffee producer, originally from Acevedo, Huila. He still maintains a few coffee farms there, but Finca Tamaná in El Pital has become the crown jewel. It's there that he has honed his craft with more precise processing and better drying. Furthermore, he now cultivates a diverse range of varieties, including some older heirloom stock and even African varieties. Don Elias cultivates on 54 hectares total, 40 are currently in production, and his plots span an altitudinal range from 1650 to 1750 m.a.s.l During the height of the harvest, he employs up to 60 itinerant pickers from the departments of Caldas, Cauca, Manizales, and Tolima. Since 2012, Elias has worked closely with Tim Wendelboe.

LOCATION: El Vegon, El Pital, Huila FARMER: Don Elias Roa ELEVATION: 1,650 masl VARIETY: Mixed PROCESSING METHOD: Washed - Ethyl Acetate (Sugar Cane)