Roaster Kat | Roasting EA Sugarcane Decaf Coffee from Colombia (on the Loring S35 roaster) @roasterkat | Uploaded 1 year ago | Updated 3 minutes ago
Forget death before decaf - decaf coffee is amazing! Or it can be anyway.
In this video I'm roasting a big batch of decaf coffee. It is an EA (or ethyl acetate) decaf, also known as Sugarcane Decaf. Ethyl Acetate is made from a natural byproduct of sugar production. Coffee is placed in water, then ethyl acetate is circulated throughout, and it naturally binds to the caffeine molecules and pulls them out, leaving behind all the tasty stuff. It's the best decaf I have had the pleasure to drink (or roast)!
The goal is to get enough development to mitigate any "decaf" flavors (can be grassy, medicinal, chemically) but still light enough to preserve the intrinsically delicious flavors of these beans.
It's a 66lb batch on the 35kg Loring roaster, which isn't the largest batch size I do but is a larger batch than I usually roast.
*NOTE: This video is relatively advanced, assuming previous knowledge of coffee roasting language and concepts. If you're a coffee roaster, I hope this video will be interesting or useful to you. If you are not a coffee roaster, well, I'm sorry if it's confusing or boring.
Questions or comments about decaf? Other videos you'd like to see?
Comment below!
Thanks for watching. And happy roasting!
Forget death before decaf - decaf coffee is amazing! Or it can be anyway.
In this video I'm roasting a big batch of decaf coffee. It is an EA (or ethyl acetate) decaf, also known as Sugarcane Decaf. Ethyl Acetate is made from a natural byproduct of sugar production. Coffee is placed in water, then ethyl acetate is circulated throughout, and it naturally binds to the caffeine molecules and pulls them out, leaving behind all the tasty stuff. It's the best decaf I have had the pleasure to drink (or roast)!
The goal is to get enough development to mitigate any "decaf" flavors (can be grassy, medicinal, chemically) but still light enough to preserve the intrinsically delicious flavors of these beans.
It's a 66lb batch on the 35kg Loring roaster, which isn't the largest batch size I do but is a larger batch than I usually roast.
*NOTE: This video is relatively advanced, assuming previous knowledge of coffee roasting language and concepts. If you're a coffee roaster, I hope this video will be interesting or useful to you. If you are not a coffee roaster, well, I'm sorry if it's confusing or boring.
Questions or comments about decaf? Other videos you'd like to see?
Comment below!
Thanks for watching. And happy roasting!
