Huila, Palmera, Colombia

Huila's coffee region is predominantly owned by smaller farmers who over the past 10 years have made concerted efforts to produce specialty coffee that reveals the full character of the region.

Palmera decaf begins with Colombia Palmera Supreme beans and is then decaffeinated by the Swiss Water Process (SWP). This process works through diffusion not osmosis. When SWP decaffeinates a coffee, the beans are soaked with a small amount of the GCE, which creates a saturated solution in which the caffeine leaves but the coffee's flavor compounds remain in place, unaffected.

Huila's departmental coffee committee, the local connection to the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation, has invested notable resources into training producers in everything from fertilization to roasting. Palmera represents the hard work of many farmers and producing communities.