Origin
About this lot
Our low-irritation coffee is made from high-quality 100% Arabica beans sourced from the Medellín region of Colombia. Their irritating properties are removed in a natural process using steam only — at a facility with more than 100 years of experience in this kind of coffee bean treatment. Why can coffee irritate the digestive system? Because raw coffee naturally contains acids and waxes, which are only partially neutralized during roasting. Only partially, because roasted coffee still contains low-pH oils that, combined with caffeine, may irritate more sensitive digestive systems, especially the mucous membranes of the stomach and intestines. The beans used for this coffee, while still green, go through a multi-stage high-pressure steam “washing” process, which removes all waxes from the surface of the green beans and largely neutralizes their acidity. Then, during roasting, the acidity i