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No caffeine? Breaking the rules in the coffee world? Legalise it! For coffee with milk and espresso. Sweet, balanced and low in acidity.This Single Origin from Colombia surprises coffee connoisseurs with a creamy sweetness without caffeine effect. With a caffeine content of 0.1% or less, this is a great coffee to drink with milk or use for desserts like affogato and tiramisu. TheseLegal beans are roasted extra gently so that they are not subjected to additional stress after the decaffeination process. The company Descafecol from Manizales, Colombia, decaffeinates the beans. After a visit to Horizonte they chose Descafecol on the spot because we were impressed by their first-class working methods and production facilities. For decaffeination, Descafecol uses a combination of natural ethyl acetate (EA) and water. EA is naturally present in every coffee bean, as well as in many other fruits and vegetables. No foreign substances are added. Decaffeination is done in large extraction vessels with softened coffee beans that are washed with natural EA. The process is repeated several times to remove all the caffeine. Natural EA is obtained from the sugar cane industry in Palmira (Colombia) and, together with spring water, is the only substance that comes into contact with the beans.Subsequently, the beans are freed from residual EA. To do this, steam is passed over the coffee at low pressure. Descafecol delivers beans with no more than 5 ppm (parts per million) EA in the coffee. International standards accept an EA residue of up to 20 ppm. For comparison, bananas have about 20 times the EA of our decaffeinated legal coffees.This process allows for a gentle extraction of caffeine, avoiding excessive heat and pressure to keep the important cell structure of the coffee bean intact.The Coooperative Alto Occidente, the producers of Legal Beans, has always stood up against exploitation. In the 1950s, coffee farmers from the Riseralda region had had enough of middlemen, who were the main buyers of their beans at the time. A group of farmers got together and founded "Alto Occidente". The cooperative takes care of buying coffee, accessing credit and providing agricultural material. All members are small producers, which means that the work on their farms is mainly done by their own families.

Sweet, very creamy and full-bodied with little acidityRobusta coffee beans have twice the caffeine content of Arabica beans because they grow at lower altitudes. With their increased caffeine content, they defend themselves against potential pests which are more prevalent at this altitude. Horizonte searched for the right bean for a long time and tested many different blends until they were finally convinced by the ratio of 50% Leal and 50% Robusta. The result offers the best of both worlds: It is a balanced, strong, sweet, very creamy and big-bodied with little acidity, making it ideal for the classic espresso drinker. The flavours are chocolate, dried fruits and earthy tones. This blend tastes particularly good even if you don't quite follow the perfect extraction time/ratio.Christoph Sauser's path to his company, Horizonte Coffee Roasters, is more like a winding mountain path than a predictable tarmac road. During his 20-year career as one of the world's best mountain bikers, Sauser won bronze at the Olympic Games, two World Cup overall titles, four World Championship titles and the Cape Epic mountain bike stage race five times. Sauser's path from professional cyclist to coffee roaster was paved by the same curiosity and quest for perfection. Drinking coffee is just one (incredibly pleasurable) part of a large and rich coffee culture. With Horizonte Coffee Roasters, you experience and taste all of that.

Slightly darker roast. A coffee with a strong body and fine acidity, with hints of orange highlighted by brown sugar and nutty flavours. All in all, a well-rounded espresso of the highest quality. To find a small coffee farm like Luz Amanda Ospina's, you have to be lucky. A true gem of a specialty coffee from the remote mountains of Anserma in Colombia. Amanda Ospina and her husband Horacio run the farm, which was bought by Horacio's brother in 1979. The couple has two daughters and two sons: one of the sons helps on the farm; the other children are still at school or studying.During the main harvest season, the family employs four other coffee pickers. Luz Amanda Ospina recently invested in a small indoor drying system so that they can dry the coffee even during longer rainy periods and are not so dependent on dry weather.This coffee has been named "Leal" - which means "loyal" in Spanish - because Horizonte Roasters are keen to remain loyal to such outstanding coffee producers as Luz Amanda Ospina.Christoph Sauser's path to his company Horizonte Coffee Roasters resembles a winding mountain path rather than a predictable tarmac road. During his 20-year career as one of the world's best mountain bikers, Sauser won bronze at the Olympic Games, two World Cup overall titles, four World Championship titles and the Cape Epic mountain bike stage race five times.Sauser's path from professional cyclist to coffee roaster was paved by the same curiosity and quest for perfection. Drinking coffee is just one (incredibly pleasurable) part of a large and rich coffee culture. With Horizonte Coffee Roasters, you experience and taste all of that.