This coffee is from the ORPAE cooperative located in the state of Chiapas. The small farms border the protected El Triunfo Biosphere. From Chiapas this coffee is sent to the organically certified Mountain Water™ plant in Veracruz for decaffeination.

In the Mountain Water™ process, pre-selected green coffee beans are immersed in water which has soluble coffee compounds to extract the caffeine while maintaining the flavor components. To separate the caffeine from the water, the resulting solution is passed through a cellulose and activated charcoal filter, which removes the caffeine. As a result, these coffees are between 97-99% caffein free.