Harmony Decaf

Harmony is a new and exciting nano coffee roastery.

Owned and operated by specialty coffee legend, Ben Rowe.

Ben also co-owns Just Bru with his partner Liv. Showcasing world class coffee in their subscription boxes.

Ben has experience working in almost every sector of the specialty coffee industry, most recently finishing his job as a coffee roaster for Kiss The Hippo, shortly before starting Harmony.

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Ben has a passion for barista competition, which he uses as a medium to extend his own knowledge and dedication to the craft.

As of 2022, he has won 11 open competitions across various distinctions.

He also placed 3rd in the UK Latte Art Championship in 2021 and at the time of writing is a Semi-Finalist in the UK Barista Championship, after winning his heat at Bristol.

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Harmony was born out of a desire to share great coffee with great people.

It was a chance to build something that stays true to the values which we see as the most important pillars of the coffee world: Traceability, Quality, Ethics and Partnership.

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The Origin

The Villamaria decaf coffee from Harmony originates from the Caldas region of Colombia.

Villamaría is a Colombian municipality located in the department of Caldas.

The region is fed by numerous sources of water and natural resources.

It is located a few kilometres from the city of Manizales, whose urban areas are surrounded by the Chinchiná River.

The drying station "Jamaica" is located in Chinchiná, Caldas. The station currently represents the harvests of 30 to 50 coffee producing families in the surrounding area of Villarazo, sitting at altitudes higher than the drying station itself.

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There are many ways to decaffeinate coffee, this particular lot was decaffeinated using a natural (not synthetic) Ethyl Acetate.

Ethyl Acetate (E.A.) is a solvent derived from sugarcane. Nearby Manizales is home to Descafecol, Colombia’s most successful sugarcane decaffeination plant.

Sugarcane production is voluminous in the region, and the organic by-product of this is used in the decaffeination of coffees.

What To Expect

Here’s an idea of what to expect from this Colombian decaf coffee from Harmony.

Team Batch brew method of choice - Moka Pot.

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How We Review Coffee?

We receive coffees from roasters throughout the UK to taste and review. All of our coffee reviews are our own words and thoughts, we don’t receive any form of payment for any of our reviews.

Our coffee reviews always start with an introduction to each independent coffee roaster.

At Batch, we are all about celebrating the incredibly talented roasters that we have in the UK and telling their stories. Each one roasting the coffee slightly different.

We then explore the origin of the coffee and take a look at where the coffee has been grown and the process that it has gone through once it has been picked.

Every coffee growing origin has a different set of characteristics when it comes to the final cup, whether it’s fruity and floral or chocolatey and full the origin of speciality coffee is always celebrated.

The last part of our coffee review is what we tasted in the coffee. Speciality coffee has some incredible flavour notes (more than wine), some dark and rich while others on the opposite end of the flavour spectrum are light and fruity, we try and explain what we taste in the coffee however like with many complex tasting foods or drinks it is also down to perception and personal opinion.

So if we have tasted orange zest and you get watermelon then that is brilliant and what we think speciality coffee is all about (as long as you like the coffee).

We then score the coffee on attributes like body, aroma, sweetness and flavour. Some of the coffees you may then find in our coffee club voted the best coffee subscription in the UK by the Independent.

How To Make The Best Coffee At Home?

There are many ways to extract the best flavour out of coffee. Take a look at our coffee guides for some tips on how to make your coffee the best it can be.

Where’s The Best Coffee Grown?

Coffee is grown all over the World however, speciality coffee is only within 20 degrees of the equator. It makes specialist coffee rarer than commodity-grade coffee with the added fact that it gets better the higher it is grown.

There are many great coffee growing regions in the world, in Asia, there is Indonesia and India that produce lots of great coffee.

Africa, the birthplace of coffee has numerous coffee-growing countries, Ethiopia, Kenya, Burundi and Rwanda are known for excellent coffee.

South America has quality as well as quantity produced, some amazing coffees come out of Brazil, Colombia and Peru. Central America also has some world-class coffee growing regions, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Nicaragua grace many cupping tables.

There are also many other countries that produce excellent coffee.

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