Low Caf
Category: Coffee
| Coffee | South Sudan, Equatoria |
| Producer | Local communities of Nzara and Yambio County |
| Cultivar | Excelsa |
| Process | Anaerobic Honey |
| Location | Nzara and Yambio County, South Sudan |
| Altitude | 600 masl |
| Harvest | 2025 |
Expect notes of Chamomile, Chestnut, Honey
Our second Low Caf release, and our first ever Excelsa. A 2025 paper led by researchers at Kew confirmed what growers had long suspected: Excelsa isn't a variety of Liberica but its own distinct species, Coffea dewevrei. It's a different branch of the coffee family tree, with naturally lower caffeine in the cup and no decaffeination involved.
Excelsa was first documented near Lake Chad in 1903, and South Sudan sits firmly within its ancestral range. This lot comes from Equatoria Coffee, part of a project working to re-establish Excelsa as a commercial crop in the region it came from.
Hand harvested, pulped, then sealed in tanks to ferment in its own mucilage for 72 hours before drying. Expect something softer and more savoury than our usual roster. Chamomile tea, roasted chestnuts, a thread of honey. A late-afternoon cup.
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