Decaf Honduras Ocotepeque Organic

This coffee comes from smallholder farmers organized by Café Ventura that are located in the region of Ocotepeque, at the western corner of Honduras. Café Ventura is owned and operated by lurvin Ventura and his family, who have been involved in coffee production since the 1970s.

This coffee was decaffeinated using the Swiss Water Process of caffeine extraction, without the use of chemical solvents. The coffee soaks in a water-saturated green coffee extract that contains soluble coffee components just under equilibrium with that of the coffee beans, so soluble coffee components such as caffeine, only flow out of the beans and into the extract. The caffeine laden extract then passes through activated carbon filters that catch the caffeine molecules and the process is repeated until the beans are 99.9% caffeine free.

The founding family behind Café Ventura, lurvin Ventura and his family have given back to their community in Honduras by donating land for the construction of a kindergarten and providing water filters for the local elementary schools.

We treasure our relationships in the global coffee community and invest in projects at origin to support our partners in their commitment to environmental sustainability and social welfare. We also invest in reducing our day-to-day impact, through initiatives like energy-efficient Loring Smart Roasters to reduce carbon emissions per batch by 80%.

As a certified B Corporation, we are a leader in sustainable practices that impact people and the planet. This third-party certification requires us to demonstrate transparency and accountability throughout our supply chain and quantify the impact our business creates for our employees, the community, and the environment. We are proud to be part of this community working together toward one unifying goal: using business as a force for good.