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Le Mantissa medium roast coffee product card — caramel, sweet, smooth. Brazilian coffee from Minas Gerais. Espresso, filter, and milk drinks.

Le Mantissa – Brazil

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THE BEANS

Origin	Brazil
Region	Sul de Minas
Farm	Fazenda Mantissa
Source	Single farm
Altitude	1,100 – 1,280 m
Variety	Red Catuai
Process	Natural

BREW GUIDE

Mantissa is your all-day, any-method coffee. Espresso, filter, whatever you reach for. It pulls smooth with caramel and chocolate up front and a sweetness that stays without becoming heavy. In milk drinks, it's a natural fit: the caramel deepens, the body rounds out, and nothing gets lost. This medium roast Brazilian natural is the kind of coffee that works without making you think about it. Easy to brew, hard to get wrong.

ROAST APPROACH

Medium, slow, and patient. Natural processed beans (dried inside the fruit instead of washed clean before drying) carry more sugar, which means they brown faster and burn easier. We drop the temperature and stretch the roast, giving the sugars time to caramelize evenly without scorching. The result is a clean sweetness with no roasty edge. With a coffee from an Ernesto Illy Award-winning farm, the raw material is already exceptional. Our job is to let the farm speak.

SCA SCORE

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The SCA score is the global standard for grading coffee quality, assessed by certified coffee tasters (Q-graders) on aroma, flavor, body, acidity, and balance. Commercial coffee typically scores 60 to 70. Specialty grade starts at 80. Mantissa scored 83, graded at import, placing it in specialty territory: a clean, well-balanced cup with no defects.

Le Calme decaf coffee product card — chocolatey, light, guilt-free. Medium-dark roast from Mexico Chiapas. Espresso, filter, and milk drinks.

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Decaf Le Calme – Mexico

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Origin	Mexico
Region	Chiapas
Source	Community lot
Altitude	900 – 1,800 m
Variety	Bourbon, Caturra, Catuai
Process	Washed
Decaf Method	Sugarcane (Ethyl Acetate)

BREW GUIDE

Le Calme works with everything. Espresso, drip, French press, pour-over. It's your guilt-free evening cup, your second pot of the day, or your all-day decaf coffee if you're cutting back on caffeine. It behaves closer to a regular coffee than any decaf you've tried. In milk drinks, this Mexican decaf holds its character the same way our caffeinated roasts do. No compromise, just coffee without the jitters.

ROAST APPROACH

Medium-dark, leaning into the sweetness. Decaf beans roast differently. The sugarcane process makes them more porous, so they absorb heat faster and the cracks are harder to read. We slow the roast down to compensate, giving it an even development that regular speed would miss. The goal is to bring out the chocolate and brown sugar that Chiapas is known for, while keeping enough structure that the cup doesn't fall flat.

SUGARCANE DECAF PROCESS

Most decaf uses industrial solvents that strip flavor along with caffeine. Le Calme is decaffeinated using a compound naturally derived from fermented sugarcane (ethyl acetate), with no chemicals added. The green beans are steamed to open their pores, the caffeine is gently dissolved out, and the beans are dried back down. The result is 99.9% caffeine-free with virtually no flavor loss. You're tasting the coffee, not the process.

Le Mantissa – Brazil

For the Curious

THE BEANS

BREW GUIDE

ROAST APPROACH

SCA SCORE

Decaf Le Calme – Mexico

For the Curious

THE BEANS

BREW GUIDE

ROAST APPROACH

SUGARCANE DECAF PROCESS

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