Adventures in Antwerp coffee land. Starting at Caffenation Mechelsesteenweg and Caffenation Specialty Coffee Roasters.
Sunday, September 29, 2013
All Caffenation Coffees from 1 year Online Shop
I'll note them by Origin :
Ethiopia :
Limu Grade 2 (crop 11/12)
Limu Grade 2 (crop 12/13)
Yirgacheffe Negele organic
Yirgacheffe Hafursa organic
Yirgacheffe Grade 2 (crop 11/12)
Yirgacheffe Grade 2 (crop 12/13)
Yirgacheffe Kochere Natural processed
Yirgacheffe Q-Grade
Yirgacheffe Konga Natural processed
Yirgacheffe Boginda Natural processed
Sidamo Grade 2 (crop 12/13)
Sidamo Oromio Coop organic
Sidamo Amaro Gayo Grade 3 organic
Mokka Harrar Longberrry Grade 4
Kenya :
Chomo AA
Ngunguru
Mukurwe AB
Karagota PB
Zahabu AA
Zahabu PB
Guama AA Top
Mihuti AA+
Rwanda :
Vunga
Gisenyi
Kogimuwaka
Panama :
Lerida Estate
Don Pepe Estate
Three Africans Blend : Kenya Karimukui, Burundi Ruhande, Ethiopia Boginda
Three Africans Blend : Kenya Zahabu, Ethiopia Kochere, Ethiopia Hafursa
Mexico :
Finca Corral de Pidra, Coe Lot #5
Finca Lagunilla
Costa Rica :
San Rafael
Lomas Al Rio Fully Washed
Lomas Al Rio Honey Processed
El Beneficio
Finca Licho Natural processed
Monte Canet Estate
Candelilla Estate Honey Processed
Nicaragua :
Los Placeres Pacamara
Malawi :
Pamwamba AAA
Tanzania :
Utengule AA
Zimbabwe :
Pezuru
Papua New Guinea :
Kimel Estate
Colombia :
Armenia Medellin
Tolima Planadas
Tolima Corderilla Central
Huila Villa Esperanza
Burundi :
Mahonda
Kibuye
Guatemala :
Hueheutenango Finca Isnul
El Platanillo Egipto
Ecuador :
Vilcabamba Estate
Enough to your liking.
Some were (just) conventional coffees, but most Specialty.
For the next year we'll upgrade some more and want to focus on 86+ and even 90+coffees. This means exceptional clean cup Single Origin coffees with a story.
Probably we'll have some returning, but still for sure over 40 different coffees on a yearly basis!
Interesting in tasting them?
It's very simple :
Caffenation Online Shop (for Belgian adresses only)
For the Dutch market you can still adress yourself to our dealer : Beanoteca.
(other countrys and professional can always mail us on
caffenation@specialtycoffee.be
and we'll deal with it straight away)
Friday, September 20, 2013
New Kenya (Mihuti AA+)
Every 2 or 3 months we launch a new Kenyan coffee.
For this one and all other coffees; only 1 adresse :
caffenationfiltercoffees.wordpress.com
The Kenyan discription is underneath this link.
Living in Belgium and interested in having some of these coffees at home :
visit our online shop :
specialtycoffee.be
For this one and all other coffees; only 1 adresse :
caffenationfiltercoffees.wordpress.com
The Kenyan discription is underneath this link.
Living in Belgium and interested in having some of these coffees at home :
visit our online shop :
specialtycoffee.be
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Decaf or not Decaf ....
Liquid
CO2
decaffeination
In
1989, the Hermsen Company in Germany obtained a patent describing a
decaffeination process with liquid CO2.
The moisture content of the green beans has to be 45% to 55% and the
CO2
has to be saturated with water, then decaffeination can be
realised at very low
temperatures (20-25°C) and at pressures between 65 and 70 bar. The
separation of caffeine takes place by decompression below 60 bar in a
separator; the caffeine-water mixture is reported to be very clean.
The extraction time is about 60 hours, but due to the extremely low
temperature the quality of the decaffeinated beans is said to be
close to that of non-treated coffee. Practically all sugar
inversions, Maillard and thermal decomposition reactions are avoided,
particularly if careful low temperature moisturization and drying
conditions complete the scheme.
The
decaffeination of roasted ground coffee with liquid CO2
has been published in a patent from HAG. Moistened roast coffee is
put in a pressure vessel which is connected in a cycle with another
pressure vessel filled with a strong acid ion exchanger. To minimize
the extraction of coffee aroma components, the temperature of the
circulation CO2
is kept between 15 and 30°C and the pressure between 50 and 80 bar.
After 2 to 3 hours the decaffeination is completed; the caffeine is
almost selectively absorbed in the ion exchanger. Cleaning of the ion
exchanger and recovery of the caffeine can be achieved by a
desorption step with supercritical CO2.
Remaining roast coffee components in the CO2
steam can be separated at the end by CO2
evaporation and
aroma adsorption on the roasted coffee. The perceived quality of the
coffee decaffeinated in such a manner is said to be equivalent to
non-treated coffee in terms of
flavour and aroma.